Synonyms for czar
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : zahr, tsahr |
| Phonetic Transcription : zɑr, tsɑr |
Définition of czar
Origin :- 1550s, from Russian tsar, from Old Slavic tsesari, from Gothic kaisar, from Greek kaisar, from Latin Caesar. First adopted by Russian emperor Ivan IV, 1547.
- The spelling with cz- is against the usage of all Slavonic languages; the word was so spelt by Herberstein, Rerum Moscovit. Commentarii, 1549, the chief early source of knowledge as to Russia in Western Europe, whence it passed into the Western Languages generally; in some of these it is now old-fashioned; the usual Ger. form is now zar; French adopted tsar during the 19th c. This also became frequent in English towards the end of that century, having been adopted by the Times newspaper as the most suitable English spelling. [OED]
- The Germanic form of the word also is the source of Finnish keisari, Estonian keisar. The transferred sense of "person with dictatorial powers" is first recorded 1866, American English, initially in reference to President Andrew Johnson. The fem. czarina is 1717, from Italian czarina, from Ger. Zarin, fem. of Zar "czar." The Russian fem. form is tsaritsa. His son is tsarevitch, his daughter is tsarevna.
- noun emperor
- The Czar might retreat until his pursuers perished of fatigue and hunger.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- One of the captured trains was the hospital train of the czar.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various
- After this visit the Czar went to say goodbye to the King at the Tuileries.
- Extract from : « The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete » by Duc de Saint-Simon
- The Czar and he had married two sisters, and each had a son.
- Extract from : « The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete » by Duc de Saint-Simon
- Sometime after, the Czar asked if there was no beer to be had.
- Extract from : « The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete » by Duc de Saint-Simon
- I can see how the Czar or Kaiser might set to work, but even they could not hope to succeed.
- Extract from : « The Destroyer » by Burton Egbert Stevenson
- Russians might have placed their Czar on the throne of the Hapsburgs in Vienna.
- Extract from : « The Island Mystery » by George A. Birmingham
- And again the czar, misled by a false adviser, refused to heed.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) » by Various
- His own mother had warned the czar that disaster threatened him.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) » by Various
- By then the czar had abdicated both for himself and for his son.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) » by Various
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