"czar" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /zɑː(ɹ)/, /tsɑː(ɹ)/ Audio: En-us-czar.ogg [US] Forms: czars [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ) Etymology: See tsar. The spelling czar, the older spelling in English, comes from Sigismund von Herberstein's Rerum Moscoviticarum Commentarii ("Notes on Muscovite Affairs") of 1549. The alternative tsar began to replace it in the 19th century. Etymology templates: {{m|en|tsar}} tsar, {{m|en|tsar}} tsar Head templates: {{en-noun}} czar (plural czars)
  1. Alternative spelling of tsar (especially common in American English) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: tsar (extra: especially common in American English) Categories (topical): Heads of state, Monarchy, People Categories (place): Bulgaria, Russia
    Sense id: en-czar-en-noun-P9tvs3eB Disambiguation of Heads of state: 70 30 Disambiguation of Monarchy: 72 28 Disambiguation of People: 100 0 Disambiguation of Bulgaria: 81 19 Disambiguation of Russia: 100 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with initial /t͡s/ Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 79 21 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 78 22 Disambiguation of English terms with initial /t͡s/: 93 7
  2. (informal, US politics) An appointed official tasked to regulate or oversee a specific area. Tags: US, informal Categories (topical): US politics
    Sense id: en-czar-en-noun-mUxKvv3Z Topics: government, politics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: if only the czar knew

Inflected forms

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