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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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18 words match “CZAR”

CZAR n.
A king; a chief; the title of the emperor of Russia. [Written also tzar.]
CZAREVNA n.
The title of the wife of the czarowitz.
CZARINA n.
The title of the empress of Russia.
CZARINIAN a.
Of or pertaining to the czar or the czarina; czarish.
CZARISH a.
Of or pertaining to the czar.
CZAROWITZ n.
The title of the eldest son of the czar of Russia.
AMBER ROOM n.
A room formerly in the Czar's Summer Palace in Russia, which was richly decorated with walls and fixtures made from amber. The amber was removed by occupying German troops during the Second World War and has, as of 1997, never been recovered. The room is being recreated from old photographs by Russian artisans. PJC…
AUTOCRAT n.
solute right, not subject to restriction; as, Autocrat of all the Russias (a title of the Czar).
EMPEROR n.
ignity superior to that of king; as, the emperor of Germany or of Austria; the emperor or Czar of Russia. Emperor goose (Zoöl.), a large and handsome goose (Philacte canagica), found in Alaska. -- Emperor moth (Zoöl.), one of several large and beautiful bombycid moths, with transparent spots on the wings; as the Ameri…
GRAND a.
lady having the sovereignty of a duchy in her own right. (c) In Russia, a daughter of the Czar. -- Grand duke. (a) A sovereign duke, inferior in rank to a king; as, the Grand Duke of Tuscany. (b) In Russia, a son of the Czar. (c) (Zoöl.) The European great horned owl or eagle owl (Bubo maximas). -- Grand-guard, or Gr…
KSAR n.
See Czar.
MAY LAWS n.
iven occasion for great persecution; -- so called because they received the assent of the czar in May, 1882, and because likened to the Prussian May laws (see Kulturkampf).
PLY n.
ontemporaries, . . . did not understand the secret plies of his character. W. Irving. The czar's mind had taken a strange ply, which it retained to the last. Macaulay.
RUSSIAN CHURCH n.
portion, by far the largest, of the Eastern Church and is governed by the Holy Synod. The czar is the head of the church, but he has never claimed the right of deciding questions of theology and dogma.
TSAR n.
The title of the emperor of Russia. See Czar.
TSARINA; TSARITSA n.
The title of the empress of Russia. See Czarina.
TZAR n.
The emperor of Russia. See Czar.
TZARINA; TZARITZA n.
The empress of Russia. See Czarina.