Tsar (Noun)
Meaning
A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917).
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The Russian tsar was overthrown in the February Revolution of 1917, marking the end of a centuries-old dynasty.
- Ivan the Terrible was the first tsar of Russia, proclaiming himself as such in 1547.
- The tsar's abdication led to a power vacuum that would later be filled by the Bolsheviks.
- During his reign, the tsar implemented numerous reforms aimed at modernizing the Russian Empire.
- Peter the Great, one of Russia's most famous tsars, ruled from 1682 until his death in 1725.