tsar

[zahr, tsahr] /zɑr, tsɑr/
noun
1.
czar.
Examples from the web for tsar
  • The line became a palm grove and an ancient fortified village, or tsar, of about a thousand people.
  • In the end the tsar our little father died for good.
British Dictionary definitions for tsar

tsar

/zɑː; tsɑː/
noun
1.
(until 1917) the emperor of Russia
2.
a tyrant; autocrat
3.
(informal) a public official charged with responsibility for dealing with a certain problem or issue: a drugs tsar
4.
(informal) a person in authority; leader
5.
(formerly) any of several S Slavonic rulers, such as any of the princes of Serbia in the 14th century
Also (less commonly) tzar
Derived Forms
tsardom, czardom, noun
Word Origin
from Russian tsar, via Gothic kaisar from Latin Caesar
Word Origin and History for tsar
n.

1660s, the more correct Latinization of Russian czar, from prehistoric Slavic *tsesar, from a Germanic source, ultimately from Latin Caesar. See czar.