English Explanatory Dictionary

czar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative spelling of tsar (especially common in American English)
  2. An appointed official tasked to regulate or oversee a specific area.
name
  1. A village in Alberta, Canada.
  2. An unincorporated community in West Virginia.

Pronunciation

/zɑː(ɹ)/ /t͡sɑː(ɹ)/ /t͡ʃɑːɹ/ en-us-czar.ogg

Word forms

czar czars

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin Caesarbor. Proto-Germanic *kaisarazder. Proto-Slavic *cěsařь Old East Slavic цѣсарь (cěsarĭ) Old East Slavic цьсарь (cĭsarĭ) Russian царь (carʹ)bor. English czar See 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.

Derived words

border czar czarate czardom czaric czarish czarist czarlike czarocracy czarocrat czarocratic czarship if only the czar knew
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