tsar
UK/(t)sɑː//(t)sɑɹ/
tsar noun: an emperor of Russia (1547 to 1917) and of some South Slavic states.
Noun
tsar (plural tsars or (rare) tsari)
- An emperor of Russia (1547 to 1917) and of some South Slavic states.
- [W]hy, in the name of common sense, should the English call the Czar (tsar) of Russia razc?1832 August 1, W. Barnes, “On the Origin of Language”, in Gentleman's Magazine, London, page 129
- I vuz never beink too krazy about any of dose tsari.1996 May 19, Jim Collier, “King Arthur Discoveries”, in soc.history.medieval (Usenet), archived from the original on 07 Jun 2025
- A person with great power; an autocrat.
- Chin Chien-shih, an old poor peasant of Korean nationality, said: "The wolfish ambition of the new tsars is exactly the same as that of the old tsars. The Soviet revisionist renegade clique is struggling desperately in the hope of saving itself from doom, but this will only bring on its destruction...1969 March 14 [1969 March 13], “Report from Border Areas”, in Daily Report: Foreign Radio Broadcasts, number 50, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Peking NCNA International Service...
tsar meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
tsar in Hindi
- an emperor
- ज़ार zār, त्सार tsār, जार jār
tsar in Tamil
- பழைய இரசியப் பேரரசன், பேரரசன், ஏகாதிபதி, கொடுங்கோலன், சர்வாதிகாரி, குறிப்பிட்ட ஒரு பணியை
tsar in Marathi
- an emperor
- त्सार tsār, जार jār
tsar in Urdu
- an emperor
- زار zār, تْسار tsār, تِسار tisār
More languagesFewer languages
- tsar in Bengali
- জার jar
- tsar in Pashto
- تزار tazãr
- tsar in Tagalog
- sar
- tsar in Arabic
- تْسَار tsār, قَيْصَر qayṣar
- tsar in Malay
- czar
- tsar in Indonesian
- tsar
- tsar in Thai
- ซาร์ saa
- tsar in Vietnamese
- sa hoàng, Nga hoàng
Examples of tsar in a sentence
- She’s a Romanova to boot, a descendant of the last tsar.
- Barmy were official attributes of the authority of the grand duke and later the tsar.
- Students who demand protection from controversial views are the product of a mollycoddled ‘snowflake generation’, the Government’s behaviour tsar has warned.
Forms of tsar
| plural | tsars |
|---|---|
| alternative form | czar |
| alternative form | tzar |
| alternative form | csar |
| plural (rare) | tsari |
Origin of tsar
Borrowed from Russian царь (carʹ), from Old East Slavic цьсарь (cĭsarĭ), from Proto-Slavic *cěsařь, from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar. Doublet of Caesar and Kaiser. The spelling tsar began to replace the older czar in the nineteenth century. Compare Byzantine Greek Τζαῖσαρ (Tzaîsar).
Words formed from tsar
Words that rhyme with tsar
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- water bar
- char
- tar
- var
- AAR
- bazaar
- caviar
- lodestar
- Mullingar
- Myanmar
- scar
- ajar
- arr
- barre
- boudoir
- cigar
- cymar
- czar
- disbar
- gar
- guitar
- haar
- instar
- lar
- Loire
- noir
- NPR
- omar
- schwar
- their
- tl;dr
- TTR
- upbar
- USSR
- yar
- -dar
- AGR
- alcazar
- armoire
- au revoir
- bahar
- baignoire
- Bashar
- beaux-arts
- beer bar
- Berger Picard
- Bihar
- bête noire
Questions about tsar
- What does tsar mean?
- Tsar means an emperor of Russia (1547 to 1917) and of some South Slavic states.
- What is tsar in Hindi?
- Tsar in Hindi is ज़ार (zār), त्सार (tsār), जार (jār). See Tsar meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is tsar?
- Tsar is a noun.
- How do you pronounce tsar?
- Tsar is pronounced /(t)sɑː/ (UK).
- What is the plural of tsar?
- The plural of tsar is tsars.
Words near tsar in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: tsar (page history and authors); tsar (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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