tsar


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
tsar /zɑː, tsɑː/ (also czar or tzar)
noun
  • 1 an emperor of Russia before 1917.

    ■ a South Slav ruler in former times, especially one reigning over Serbia in the 14th century.

  • 2 a person with great power in a particular area: America's new drug tsar.
– derivatives
tsardom noun,
tsarism noun,
tsarist noun & adjective.
– origin from Russ. tsar′, representing L. Caesar.
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