czar
/zɑː(ɹ)/
czar noun: an appointed official tasked to regulate or oversee a specific area. Also the alternative spelling of tsar.
Noun
czar (plural czars)
- An appointed official tasked to regulate or oversee a specific area.
- drug czar
- cyberczar
Proper noun capitalized: Czar
Czar
- A village in Alberta, Canada.
- An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
Also used as
czar is also the alternative spelling of tsar.
Forms of czar
| plural | czars |
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Origin of 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.
Words formed from czar
Phrases with czar
Words that rhyme with czar
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- water bar
- char
- tar
- var
- AAR
- bazaar
- caviar
- lodestar
- Mullingar
- Myanmar
- scar
- ajar
- arr
- barre
- boudoir
- cigar
- cymar
- disbar
- gar
- guitar
- haar
- instar
- lar
- Loire
- noir
- NPR
- omar
- schwar
- their
- tl;dr
- tsar
- TTR
- upbar
- USSR
- yar
- -dar
- AGR
- alcazar
- armoire
- au revoir
- bahar
- baignoire
- Bashar
- beaux-arts
- beer bar
- Berger Picard
- Bihar
- bête noire
Questions about czar
- What does czar mean?
- Czar means an appointed official tasked to regulate or oversee a specific area.
- What part of speech is czar?
- Czar can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce czar?
- Czar is pronounced /zɑː(ɹ)/.
- What is the plural of czar?
- The plural of czar is czars.
Words near czar in the dictionary
Source and license
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