Empress is a synonym of tsar.
As a proper noun empress
is a village in alberta, canada.
As a noun tsar is
(historical) an emperor of russia (before 1917) and of some south slavic kingdoms.
empress
English
(Emperor)
Etymology 1
From (etyl) emperice, emperesse, from (etyl) and (etyl) emperiz, emperesse, from (etyl) imperatrix.
Noun
(es)
The female monarch (ruler) of an empire.
The wife or widow of an emperor or equated ruler (e.g. Persian shah).
(label) A female chimpanzee.
Related terms
* emperor
Etymology 2
Verb
(es)
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
Related terms
* csar
* czar
* tsarina
* tsaritsa
* tsarevna
* tsarevich
* tzar
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 .
