English Explanatory Dictionary

Ivan the Terrible

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Ivan IV Vasilyevich, who was the Grand Prince of Moscow and all Russia from 1533, and Tsar of all Russia from 1547 until his death in 1584.

Word forms

Ivan the Terrible

Etymology

A calque of Russian Ива́н Гро́зный (Iván Gróznyj), using the older “inspiring fear or terror; dangerous; powerful” (not “defective; evil”) sense of terrible.

Related words

Peter the Great Suleiman the Magnificent
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