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tzar
(zär, tsär)n.
Variant of czar.. See Usage Note at czar.
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tzar
(zɑː)n
(Historical Terms) a less common spelling of tsar
ˈtzarism n
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
czar
or tsar
(zɑr, tsɑr)n.
1. an emperor or king.
2. (often cap.) the former emperor of Russia.
3. an autocratic ruler or leader.
4. any person exercising great authority or power: a czar of industry.
[1545–55; < Russian tsar', Old Russian tsĭsarĭ emperor, king (akin to Old Church Slavonic tsěsarĭ) < Gothic kaisar emperor (< Greek or Latin); Greek kaîsar < Latin Caesar Caesar]
czar′dom, n.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() Russia - a former empire in eastern Europe and northern Asia created in the 14th century with Moscow as the capital; powerful in the 17th and 18th centuries under Peter the Great and Catherine the Great when Saint Petersburg was the capital; overthrown by revolution in 1917 |
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Translations
قَيْصَر
car
tsaar
tsaari
car
tsar, keisari
cars
cár
car
carцар
tsar
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
tsar,
czar,
tzar
(zaː) noun (the status of) any of the former emperors of Russia. He was crowned tsar; Tsar Nicholas.
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