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Tsar

Noun CEFR B1
(t)sɑː

Definitions

  1. An emperor of Russia (1547 to 1917) and of some South Slavic states.
  2. A person with great power; an autocrat.

Equivalents

Españolzar
Françaistsartzar
DeutschZar
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Afrikaanstsaar
Azərbaycan diliçar
Беларускаяцар
Българскицар
Catalàtsar
Češtinacarcarský
Danskzar
Ελληνικάτσάρος
Esperantocaro
Eestitsaar
Suomitsaari
Gaeilgesár
Galegotsar
עבריתצאר
हिन्दीज़ारत्सार
Magyarcár
Հայերենցար
Italianozar
Қазақ тіліпатша
ភាសាខ្មែរត្សារ
한국어짜리차르
Kurdîçarşaşarsartarzar
Кыргызчападыша
Lietuviųcaras
Latviešucars
Македонскицар
Nederlandstsaar
Polskicar
Portuguêsczartsartzar
Românătar
Slovenčinacár
Slovenščinacar
Shqipçar
Svenskatsar
Тоҷикӣподшоҳшоҳ
ไทยซาร์
Türkmençeşa
Türkçeçar
Українськацар
Tiếng ViệtNga hoàngsa hoàng

Examples

“[W]hy, in the name of common sense, should the English call the Czar (tsar) of Russia razc?”
“I vuz never beink too krazy about any of dose tsari.”
“>There IS a difference between the Russians as a group of people and Soviet communism! Ha ha ha! Know any other good ones? First their^([sic]) were the plain old tsari, then the red tsari (Stalin, etc) and know Putin is the 'new look' tsar. But the same beastly imperialist bullying goes on.”
“At that time Mongol princes faced the challenge of choosing from three options: either combine all their forces and fight against the Manchus, which were stronger and had taken over all of China at that time, or approach the Russian Tsari as did the Buryat and Khalmig Mongol princedoms or to follow the way of Inner Mongolia and accept relative autonomy given by the Manchu.”

Potsdam University Press

Chin Chien-shih, an old poor peasant of Korean nationality, said: "The wolfish ambition of the new tsars is exactly the same as that of the old tsars. The Soviet revisionist renegade clique is struggling desperately in the hope of saving itself from doom, but this will only bring on its destruction more quickly."”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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