czarina
Americannoun
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of czarina
1710–20; czar + -ina feminine suffix (as in Christina ), modeled on German Zarin empress, equivalent to Zar Czar + -in feminine suffix
Example Sentences
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Culture: A decade ago, the “czarinas” emerged as Russia’s fashion ambassadors.
From New York Times
“Germany and Russia have been linked for a thousand years. The biggest Russian czarina was Catherine the Great, a German, who incidentally made Crimea part of Russia.”
From New York Times
Some are already well known — the slew of young women pretending to be Anastasia, the lost czarina, or the Fox sisters, whose hoaxes launched spiritualism into stratospheric popularity.
From New York Times
"It took a long time to kill his son, the czarina and the princesses," a historian murmurs.
From Salon
A prince plots to kill mad monk Rasputin for the good of the czar, the czarina and Russia.
From Los Angeles Times
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