Czar

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  czar \czar\ (z[aum]r), n. [Russ. tsare, fr. L. Caesar C[ae]sar;
     cf. OPol. czar, Pol. car. ]
     A king; a chief; the title of the emperor of Russia. [Written
     also {tsar} and {tzar}.]
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  czar
       n 1: a male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to
            1917) [syn: {tsar}, {tzar}]
       2: a person having great power

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  46 Moby Thesaurus words for "czar":
     Dalai Lama, Holy Roman Emperor, Inca, Kaiser, Simon Legree,
     absolute monarch, absolute ruler, all-powerful ruler, ardri,
     arrogator, autarch, autocrat, bey, cacique, caesar, cham,
     commissar, despot, dictator, disciplinarian, driver, duce,
     hard master, kaid, khan, martinet, mikado, negus, oligarch,
     oppressor, padishah, pendragon, pharaoh, rig, sachem, sagamore,
     shah, sheikh, shogun, slave driver, stickler, tenno, tycoon,
     tyrant, usurper, warlord
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  CZAR. A title of honor which is assumed by the emperor of all the Russias. 
  See Autocracy.