czar
An appointed official tasked to regulate or oversee a specific areaAn appointed official tasked to regulate or oversee a specific area.
» The czar was the ruler of Russia.
Der Zar war der Herrscher Russlands. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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1 senses(Philippine, US, informal)An appointed official tasked to regulate or oversee a specific area.
drug czar
cyberczar
- a person having great power
- a male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917)
Examples
10 sentencesThe czar was the ruler of Russia.
deDer Zar war der Herrscher Russlands. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Putin has had two statues of the last czar erected.
He studied the czar.
He studied the czars.
The czar issued an edict.
ruЦарь выпустил указ. — marafon
Origin
See tsar. The spelling czar, the older spelling in English, comes from the book Notes on MSee tsar. The spelling czar, the older spelling in English, comes from the book Notes on Muscovite Affairs (1549) by Sigismund von Herberstein. It was supplanted by the alternative tsar in the 19th century.
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Forms
plural: czarsSynonyms
2 synonyms- a male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917):tsartzar