Meaning

2 senses
  1. (historical)An emperor of Russia (1547 to 1917) and of some South Slavic states.

    Zar

    царьcarʹ, импера́торimperátor

    царcar

    a male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917)

  2. (figuratively)A person with great power; an autocrat.

    царьcarʹ, коро́льkorólʹ

Examples

8 sentences
  1. The tsar was the ruler of Russia.

    ruРоссией правил царь.

    deDer Zar war der Herrscher Russlands.

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  2. The government's anti-corruption tsar resigned yesterday following allegations of bribery.

    ruПравительственный глава по борьбе с коррупцией подал вчера в отставку в связи с обвинениями во взяточничестве.

    deDer Antikorruptionsbeauftragte der Regierung ist gestern aufgrund von Bestechungsvorwürfen zurückgetreten.

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  3. Russia's first tsar was Ivan the Terrible.

    deDer erste Zar von Rußland war Iwan der Schreckliche.

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  4. Nicholas II was the last Tsar of Russia.

    ruНиколай Второй был последним русским царём.

    deNikolaus II. war der letzte russische Zar.

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  5. Ivan the Terrible was the first Russian tsar.

    ruИван Грозный — первый русский царь.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
an emperor:
Русский
By meaning 2
an emperor:
a person with great power; an autocrat:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
an emperor:

Origin

Borrowed from Russian царь (carʹ), from Old East Slavic цьсарь (cĭsarĭ), from Proto-Slavic

Borrowed from Russian царь (carʹ), from Old East Slavic цьсарь (cĭsarĭ), from Proto-Slavic *cěsařь, from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar. Doublet of Caesar and Kaiser. The spelling tsar began to replace the older czar in the nineteenth century. Compare Byzantine Greek Τζαῖσαρ (Tzaîsar).

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Forms

plural: tsars

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917):czartzar

Word family

18 related words

See also

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