czar

One entry found for czar.

Main Entry: czar
Variant(s): also tsar or tzar /'zär, '(t)sär/
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin czar, from Russian tsar', from Old Russian tsisari, from Gothic kaisar, from Greek or Latin; Greek, from Latin Caesar -- more at CAESAR
1 : EMPEROR; specifically : the ruler of Russia until the 1917 revolution
2 : one having great power or authority <a banking czar>
- czar·dom also tsar·dom or tzar·dom /'zär-d&m, '(t)sär-/ noun