English > czar: 2 senses > noun 1, person | Meaning | A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917). |
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| Synonyms | tsar, tzar |
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| Instances | Alexander I, Czar Alexander I, Aleksandr Pavlovich | The czar of Russia whose plans to liberalize the government of Russia were unrealized because of the wars with Napoleon (1777-1825) |
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| Alexander II, Czar Alexander II, Alexander the Liberator | The son of Nicholas I who, as czar of Russia, introduced reforms that included limited emancipation of the serfs (1818-1881) |
| Alexander III, Czar Alexander III | son of Alexander II who was czar of Russia (1845-1894) |
| Godunov, Boris Godunov, Boris Fyodorovich Godunov | czar of Russia (1551-1605) |
| Ivan IV, Ivan Iv Vasilievich, Ivan the Terrible | The first czar of Russia (1530-1584) |
| Nicholas I, Czar Nicholas I | czar of Russia from 1825 to 1855 who led Russia into the Crimean War (1796-1855) |
| Nicholas II | The last czar of Russia who was forced to abdicate in 1917 by the Russian ... / Russian Revolution |
| Peter I, Czar Peter I, Peter the Great | czar of Russia who introduced ideas from western Europe to reform the government |
| Region | Russia | A former empire in eastern Europe and northern Asia created in the 14th century with Moscow as the capital |
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| Broader | sovereign, crowned head, monarch | A nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right |
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| Spanish | zar |
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| Catalan | tsar |
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| Adjectives | czaristic | of or relating to or characteristic of a czar |
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