tsar

Meaning

1. An emperor of Russia (1547 to 1917) and of some South Slavic states.
2. A person with great power; an autocrat.

Synonyms

czar

tzar

king

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emperor

emperor of Russia

monarch

ruler

csar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/(t)sɑː/

Etymology

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 kaiser and Caesar. The spelling tsar began to replace the older czar in the nineteenth century. Compare Byzantine Greek Τζαῖσαρ (Tzaîsar).