Tsar Definition
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English
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Etymology
From Russian царь (car’), from Old East Slavic цьсарь (cĭsarĭ), from Old Church Slavonic цѣсарь (cěsarĭ), from Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌰𐍂 (kaisar, “emperor”), believed to come from Latin Caesar.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /tsɑː/, /sɑː/, /zɑː/; SAMPA: /tsA:/, /sA:/, /zA:/
- Rhymes: -ɑː
- (US) IPA: /zɑɹ/
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Noun
tsar (plural tsars)
- (historical) An emperor of Russia (before 1917) and of some South Slavic kingdoms.
- (figuratively) A person with great power; an autocrat.
- (informal, politics, US) An appointed official tasked to regulate or oversee a specific area.
- Mr Hellawell, the former Chief Constable of West Yorkshire, was appointed 'Drugs Tsar' by the Prime Minister in October, 1997. [1]
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Usage notes
- Although commonly believed to mean specifically a Russian emperor, this is not necessarily the case.
- The spelling czar is the most common one in the US, especially in the figurative and informal senses. Scholarly literature prefers tsar.
Anagrams
French
French Wikipedia has an article on: TsarWikipedia fr
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Russian царь (tsar’), from Old East Slavic цьсарь (tsĭsarĭ), from Old Church Slavonic цѣсарь (tsěsarĭ) believed to come from Latin Caesar.
Pronunciation
- IPA: /tsaʁ/
Noun
tsar m. (plural tsars)
- czar (Russian nobility)
Related terms
- tsariste
- tsarisme
- tsarine
Anagrams
Galician
Noun
tsar m. (plural tsares)
Swedish
Etymology
From Russian царь (tsar’), from Old East Slavic цьсарь (tsĭsarĭ), from Old Church Slavonic цѣсарь (cěsarĭ), from Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌰𐍂 (kaisar, “emperor”), from Latin Caesar.
Noun
tsar c.
Declension
Declension of tsar| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common | indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite |
| nominative | tsar | tsaren | tsarer | tsarerna |
| genitive | tsars | tsarens | tsarers | tsarernas |
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Tsar (Tzar, Czar, or Csar Bulgarian: цар, Serbian: цар, Macedonian: цар, Russian: царь (help·info), Ukrainian: цар) is a title used to designate certain European Slavic monarchs or supreme rulers. As a system of government in the Tsardom of Russia and Russian Empire, it is known as Tsarist autocracy, or Tsarism. The term is derived from the Latin word Caesar, which sat in the room with many kinds of people like the "Emperor" in the European medieval sense of the term - a ruler who claims the same rank as a Roman emperor, with the approval of another emperor or a supreme ecclesiastical official (the Pope or the Ecumenical Patriarch).
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