Czar (Noun)
Meaning 2
A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The last Russian czar, Nicholas II, was forced to abdicate in 1917.
- The czar's power was absolute, and his word was law in 19th-century Russia.
- Ivan the Terrible was the first czar of Russia, crowned in 1547.
- Peter the Great was a renowned Russian czar who implemented many modernizing reforms.
- The Romanov dynasty produced some of Russia's most notable czars, including Alexander II and Alexander III.