name
Meaning 1
A village in Alberta, Canada.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
czar
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/zɑː(ɹ)/
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/t͡sɑː(ɹ)/
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/t͡ʃɑːɹ/
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CMU ARPABET: Z AA1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
Alternative spelling of tsar (especially common in American English)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
Meaning 4
An appointed official tasked to regulate or oversee a specific area.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Philippine, US, informal
Topics: government, politics
Examples
- drug czar
- cyberczar
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noun
Meaning 5
a person having great power
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: tyrant, autocrat, despot
noun
Meaning 6
a male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tsar, tzar
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sovereign, crowned head, monarch
Narrower terms: Alexander I, Czar Alexander I, Aleksandr Pavlovich, Alexander II, Czar Alexander II, Alexander the Liberator, Alexander III, Czar Alexander III, Godunov, Boris Godunov, Boris Fyodorovich Godunov, Ivan IV, Ivan Iv Vasilievich, Ivan the Terrible, Nicholas I, Czar Nicholas I, Nicholas II, Peter I, Czar Peter I, Peter the Great
History
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.