czarina

or tsa·ri·na, tza·ri·na

[ zah-ree-nuh, tsah- ]

noun

1. the wife of a czar; Russian empress.

czarina

/ zɑːˈriːnə; zɑːˈrɪtsə /

noun

1. variant spellings (esp US) of tsarina or tsaritsa See tsarina

Word History and Origins

Origin of czarina¹

1710–20; czar + -ina feminine suffix (as in Christina ), modeled on German Zarin empress, equivalent to Zar Czar + -in feminine suffix

Example Sentences

All three of Mr. Putin’s advisers, of course, have been dead for many years, though even the corpulent czarina, were she still alive today, would do a better job of pacifying Ukraine than the hapless Mr. Putin.

From Washington Times

Drawn into worldly matters when the czarina falls mysteriously ill, she who they call Baba Yaga finds herself in a battle with a rising evil, embodied in the person of the czarina’s husband Ivan, soon to be the Terrible.

From Seattle Times

The economic czarina Delcy Rodríguez, 52, lived in France and the United States and Hector Rodríguez, the 39-year-old governor of important Miranda state, grew up in Sweden.

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

Jonathan and the two doctors went to the shipping agent to learn particulars of the arrival of the Czarina Catherine.

From Literature

Related Words

• czar
• emperor
• king
• monarch
• shah
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