czarist
Americanadjective
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of, relating to, or characteristic of a czar or the system and principles of government under a czar.
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autocratic; dictatorial.
noun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of czarist
Example Sentences
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Like many in her Brooklyn, N.Y., cohort, Ms. King—born Carol Joan Klein in 1942—is descended from Jews who fled the pogroms of turn-of-the-century czarist Russia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
Some Jewish families can trace their roots here back more than 350 years, having fled pogroms in czarist Russia and the aftermath of the Catholic Inquisition in Spain and Portugal.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 19, 2023
Lefortovo prison, where American journalist Evan Gershkovich has been jailed on espionage charges, dates from the czarist era and has been a terrifying symbol of repression since Soviet times.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 31, 2023
The protagonist, Tevye, was a Jewish father trying to maintain his family’s cultural traditions despite the turmoil gripping their shtetl in czarist Russia.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 9, 2023
He could speak at length about the struggle between Britain and czarist Russia over Afghanistan.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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