noun
czar.
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tsar or czar (zɑː, tsɑː, zɑː, tsɑː) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | (until 1917) the emperor of Russia |
| 2. | a tyrant; autocrat |
| 3. | informal a public official charged with responsibility for dealing with a certain problem or issue: a drugs tsar |
| 4. | informal a person in authority; leader |
| 5. | (formerly) any of several S Slavonic rulers, such as any of the princes of Serbia in the 14th century |
| [from Russian tsar, via Gothic kaisar from Latin | |
| czar or czar | |
| —n | |
| [from Russian tsar, via Gothic kaisar from Latin | |
| 'tsardom or czar | |
| —n | |
| 'czardom or czar | |
| —n | |
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Tsar
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
tsar
1670, the more correct Latinization of Rus. czar, from prehistoric Slavic *tsesar, from a Gmc. source, ultimately from L. Caesar. See czar.
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Example sentences
The line became a palm grove and an ancient fortified village, or tsar, of about a thousand people.
In the end the tsar our little father died for good.
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