cesarevitch

[ si-zair-uh-vich, -zahr- ]

noun

1. the eldest son of a czar.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cesarevitch¹

First recorded in 1830–40; czarevitch

Example Sentences

The title of “ataman” or “hetman of all the Cossacks” is held by the Cesarevitch.

From Project Gutenberg

Years later the Cesarevitch actually was born, a sickly child, victim of an hereditary disease in Alexandra's family.

From Time Magazine Archive

When Victoria's granddaughter, German Alix of Hesse, came to her new Russian home as affianced bride of the Cesarevitch, the emotions of an emotional people ran riot, mingling curiosity and doubt with vague glamorous expectations and pity.

From Time Magazine Archive

Profoundly religious, she had resisted a change of faith, then, suddenly veered, passionately to avow Greek orthodoxy�was it for love of the Cesarevitch, or for ulterior reasons?

From Time Magazine Archive

The tiny boy who won the Cesarevitch on Don Juan received £1,000 after the race, and it must be remembered that this child had not left school.

From Project Gutenberg