tsar
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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.
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- (UK) IPA: /tsɑː/, /sɑː/, /zɑː/; SAMPA: /tsA:/, /sA:/, /zA:/
- Rhymes: -ɑː
- (US) IPA: /zɑɹ/
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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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- 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.
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an emperor
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a person with great power; an autocrat
an appointed official tasked to regulate or oversee an specific area
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From Russian царь (tsar’), from Old East Slavic цьсарь (tsĭsarĭ), from Old Church Slavonic цѣсарь (tsěsarĭ) believed to come from Latin Caesar.
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- IPA: /tsaʁ/
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tsar m. (plural tsars)
- czar (Russian nobility)
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tsar m. (plural tsares)
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From Russian царь (tsar’), from Old East Slavic цьсарь (tsĭsarĭ), from Old Church Slavonic цѣсарь (cěsarĭ), from Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌰𐍂 (kaisar, “emperor”), from Latin Caesar.
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tsar c.
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