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Definition of 'tsar'Alternative forms
* czar, tzar, csar
Noun
( en-noun)
(historical) An emperor of Russia (before 1917) and of some South Slavic kingdoms.
(figuratively) A person with great power; an autocrat.
(informal|politics|US) An appointed official tasked to regulate or oversee a specific area.
Usage notes
* (emperor of Russia) Officially, emperors after 1721 were styled imperator (); however, the latter is commonly applied to them as well.
Usage notes
* Although commonly believed to mean specifically a Russian emperor, this is not necessarily the case.
* The spelling (m) is the most common one in the US, especially in the figurative and informal senses. Scholarly literature prefers tsar .
Similar to 'tsar'tiger, tzar, taker, taser, toker, tyger, taxer, taxor, tisar, tiser, takyr, takir
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