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What is the difference between czar and tsar?

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Tsar is a related term of czar.

Tsar is a alternative form of czar.



As nouns the difference between czar and tsar

is that czar is an alternative spelling of lang=en while tsar is an emperor of Russia (before 1917) and of some South Slavic kingdoms.

As a proper noun Czar

is a village in Alberta, Canada.

czar

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person assigned to a task-related government oversight office, e.g. "drug czar".
  • References

    Anagrams

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    tsar

    English

    (wikipedia tsar)

    Alternative forms

    * czar, tzar, csar

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (historical) An emperor of Russia (before 1917) and of some South Slavic kingdoms.
  • (figuratively) A person with great power; an autocrat.
  • (informal, politics, US) An appointed official tasked to regulate or oversee a specific area.
  • Usage notes

    * (emperor of Russia) Officially, emperors after 1721 were styled imperator (); however, the latter is commonly applied to them as well.

    Derived terms

    * tsardom * tsarian * tsarism * tsarist

    Usage notes

    * Although commonly believed to mean specifically a Russian emperor, this is not necessarily the case. * The spelling (m) is the most common one in the US, especially in the figurative and informal senses. Scholarly literature prefers tsar .

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