tsar

[ zahr, tsahr ]

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noun

a variant of czar.

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How to use tsar in a sentence

Around the time Europe was getting a New World, Russia was getting tsars.
Russian History Is on Our Side: Putin Will Surely Screw Himself | P. J. O’Rourke | May 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The Romanov tsars imposed rigid serfdom just as that woeful institution was fading almost everywhere else.
Russian History Is on Our Side: Putin Will Surely Screw Himself | P. J. O’Rourke | May 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The Tsars used them to push the frontiers of Russia southwards and east, through Siberia and as far as the Pacific Ocean.
Cossacks: The Cowboys of Crimea | Kamil Tchorek | March 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Yet this was not enough for the Tsars, who saw a risk of the Cossack worldview catching on.
Cossacks: The Cowboys of Crimea | Kamil Tchorek | March 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
And besides, have you ever heard of as many communists or socialists that have been appointed as tsars in our country?
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Nothing was permitted to move either in or out of the sacred city of the Tsars without official permission.
The Life of George Borrow | Herbert Jenkins
On two occasions the Russian Tsars actually saved the Hohenzollern from complete destruction.
German Problems and Personalities | Charles Sarolea
The Empire of the Tsars has provided collectors with a few stamps of philanthropic interest in connection with its wars.
The Postage Stamp in War | Fred. J. Melville
It is a mere matter of time till Persia is the Tsars territory, and then they may begin to think about invasion.
The Half-Hearted | John Buchan
The autocracy of the Tsars was a natural product from an early form of human society.
With the "Die-Hards" in Siberia | John Ward

British Dictionary definitions for tsar

tsar

czar

/ (zɑː, tsɑː) /

noun

(until 1917) the emperor of Russia
a tyrant; autocrat

informal a public official charged with responsibility for dealing with a certain problem or issue: a drugs tsar
informal a person in authority; leader
(formerly) any of several S Slavonic rulers, such as any of the princes of Serbia in the 14th century

Origin of tsar

from Russian tsar, via Gothic kaisar from Latin Caesar

Also (less commonly): tzar

Derived forms of tsar

tsardom or czardom, noun

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