czarevitch
Americannoun
noun
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 czarevitch Dmitri had not been murdered, after all!
From Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles
His introduction to Catherine II. of Russia took place at St Petersburg in 1773, when he was in the suite of Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt on the occasion of her marriage to the czarevitch Paul.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various
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