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a Russian emperor whose title is just Caesar with a thick accent.
means An emperor of Russia, or by extension any person with sweeping, near-absolute authority over a particular domain (as in a 'drug czar').
from Straight from Latin 'Caesar,' the family name of Julius that became shorthand for 'supreme ruler' across Europe — German took it as 'Kaiser,' the Slavs as 'tsar.' Russian rulers adopted it to claim the mantle of Rome and Byzantium, styling Moscow as the 'Third Rome.' The 'cz-' spelling came to English through Polish or Latin transliteration. The modern American sense — a 'czar' put in charge of some government effort — borrows the word's flavor of unchecked, one-person command.
- name origin
- Derived from the Roman title Caesar
- last one
- Nicholas II, executed with his family in 1918
- modern usage
- US calls policy chiefs drug or border czars
- female form
- A czar's wife was the czarina
- longest rule
- Ivan the Terrible reigned over fifty years
ivan the terrible — first ruler to officially take the title czar in 1547, ruled russia until 1584
peter the great — czar of russia 1682-1725, transformed russia into a major european power
catherine the great — czar of russia 1762-1796, expanded empire to become a great power