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# tsar

«tsar» in Mova's school dictionary: **A tsar was an emperor of Russia before 1917** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a tsar, tsars; also czar, tzar)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A tsar was an emperor of Russia before 1917. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tsar/#m1)

2) (informal) A tsar is a person given strong power over one area by a government, as in a drugs tsar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tsar/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In history lessons, tsars such as Peter the Great and Ivan the Terrible ruled Russia; the last tsar, Nicholas II, lost power in the Russian Revolution in 1917. The tsar's wife was the tsarina. In news, governments appoint tsars for things like energy or schools.

### examples

- Peter the Great was a famous Russian tsar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tsar/#x1)
- The last tsar was Nicholas II. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tsar/#x2)
- The tsar lived in a palace in Saint Petersburg. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tsar/#x3)
- The tsarina wore a jewelled crown. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tsar/#x4)
- The government named a new education tsar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tsar/#x5)
- Bulgaria also had tsars long ago. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tsar/#x6)
- The Tsar was a good swimmer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tsar/#x7)

### note

Spelled tsar (UK) or czar (often US); both are said zar. It comes from the Latin name Caesar. Female: tsarina. Plural: tsars.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «tsar» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tsar/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.