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czar

Pronunciation:  zâr

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a person having great power
  2. [n]  a male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917)
 
 Synonyms: tsar, tzar
 
 See Also: autocrat, Boris Fyodorovich Godunov, Boris Godunov, crowned head, despot, Godunov, Ivan IV, Ivan Iv Vasilievich, Ivan the Terrible, monarch, Nicholas I, Nicholas II, Peter I, Peter the Great, sovereign, tyrant

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Czar\ (z["a]r), n. [Russ. tsare, fr. L. Caesar C[ae]sar;
cf. OPol. czar, Pol. car. ]
A king; a chief; the title of the emperor of Russia. [Written
also {tzar}

 
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