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Tsar vs Tisar - What's the difference?

tsar | tisar |

As nouns the difference between tsar and tisar

is that tsar is an emperor of Russia (before 1917) and of some South Slavic kingdoms while tisar is the fireplace at the side of an annealing oven in glassmaking.

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

    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 .

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    tisar

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The fireplace at the side of an annealing oven in glassmaking.
    • (Knight)
    (Webster 1913)