What does czar mean?

Definitions for czar
zɑr, tsɑrczar

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. czar, tsar, tzarnoun

    a male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917)

  2. czarnoun

    a person having great power

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. CZARnoun

    The title of the emperour of Russia.

    Etymology: A Sclavonian word,

Wikipedia

  1. czar

    Tsar ( or ), also spelled czar, tzar, or csar, is a title used by East and South Slavic monarchs. The term is derived from the Latin word caesar, which was intended to mean "emperor" in the European medieval sense of the term—a ruler with the same rank as a Roman emperor, holding it by the approval of another emperor or a supreme ecclesiastical official (the Pope or the Ecumenical Patriarch)—but was usually considered by western Europeans to be equivalent to "king". It lends its name to a system of government, tsarist autocracy or tsarism. "Tsar" and its variants were the official titles of the following states:

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  1. czar

    A czar, also spelled tsar, is a title used to designate certain high-level officials in Russia and some other Slavic countries, either rulers or high-ranking administrators. Originally, it was the title of the monarchs of Russia before the Russian revolution. Today, the term is often used colloquially in the United States to refer to appointed officials tasked with tackling particular issues or policies.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Czarnoun

    a king; a chief; the title of the emperor of Russia

  2. Etymology: [Russ. tsare, fr. L. Caesar Csar; cf. OPol. czar, Pol. car. ]

Wikidata

  1. Czar

    Czar is a village in central Alberta. It is located 70 kilometres west of the Saskatchewan border, at the intersection of Highway 13, Buffalo Trail and the CPR tracks.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Czar

    Tsar, tsär, or zär, n. the emperor of Russia:—fem. Czari′na, Tsari′na.—ns. Czar′evitch, Tsar-, a son of a czar.—Cesar′evitch is the title of the eldest son, and Cesarev′na, of his wife.—ns. Czarev′na, Tsarev′na, a daughter of a czar. [Russ. tsari, a king; conn. with Ger. kaiser, ult. from L. cæsar, a king or emperor.]

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  1. Czar

    See Russia.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. CZAR

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Czar is ranked #67943 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Czar surname appeared 290 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Czar.

    85.8% or 249 total occurrences were White.
    11% or 32 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.7% or 5 total occurrences were Asian.

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Anagrams for czar »

  1. z car

  2. Z-car

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of czar in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of czar in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of czar in a Sentence

  1. President Biden from Republicans:

    I think she can do the job. She just needs to get down to the border, you know, we've invited her. I hope she can come down. Otherwise, she should have not been appointed border czar by the president. And that's the reality.

  2. Greg Abbott:

    Our supposed Border Czar, Vice President Kamala Harris, has yet to even visit the border to see firsthand the impact of the open border policies she has helped implement, even going so far as to claim the border is ‘secure,’ texas will continue sending migrants to sanctuary cities like Washington, D.C., until President Biden and Border Czar Harris step up and do their jobs to secure the border.

  3. Kamala Harris:

    Our supposed border czar, Vice President Kamala Harris, has yet to even visit the border to see firsthand the impact of the open-border policies she has helped implement, even going so far as to claim the border is ‘secure.’.

  4. Commissioner Mark Morgan:

    Quite frankly I think if she does do what she should do as anointed border czar, she’s going to make the crisis even worse.

  5. Greg Abbott:

    The Biden-Harris administration continues ignoring and denying the historic crisis at our southern border, which has endangered and overwhelmed Texas communities for almost two years, our supposed border czar, Vice President Kamala Harris, has yet to even visit the border to see firsthand the impact of the open-border policies she has helped implement, even going so far as to claim the border is ‘secure.’.

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