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czarevitch

American  
[zahr-uh-vich, tsahr-] / ˈzɑr ə vɪtʃ, ˈtsɑr- /
Or tsarevitch,

noun

  1. the son of a czar.


czarevitch British  
/ ˈzɑːrɪvɪtʃ /

noun

  1. a variant spelling (esp US) of tsarevitch

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of czarevitch

1700–10; < Russian tsarévich, equivalent to tsar' czar + -evich masculine patronymic suffix

Example Sentences

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Herring in a Fur Coat could be the title of a Soviet absurdist fable about a proletarian Cinderella who rejects the czarevitch and runs off with the rat turned coachman.

From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2015

Each of the eggs held some surprise inside�other eggs, or perhaps a hen, or a miniature of the czarevitch.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the summer of 1904, Alexandra—still an unsuspecting carrier of the gene—gave birth to Alexei, the czarevitch of Russia.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

The soldiers flung down their arms and fled, shouting, "The czarevitch! the czarevitch!"

From Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles

But whom should he entreat, or compel, or induce by rewards, to instruct the czarevitch to become a czar?

From The Talking Beasts by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith