czarevitch

or tsar·e·vitch, tzar·e·vitch

[ zahr-uh-vich, tsahr- ]

noun

1. the son of a czar.

czarevitch

/ ˈzɑːrɪvɪtʃ /

noun

1. a variant spelling (esp US) of tsarevitch

Word History and Origins

Origin of czarevitch¹

1700–10; < Russian tsarévich, equivalent to tsar' czar + -evich masculine patronymic suffix

Example Sentences

In the summer of 1904, Alexandra—still an unsuspecting carrier of the gene—gave birth to Alexei, the czarevitch of Russia.

From Literature

One of them, he told the Times, was Czarevitch Alexei, “the little boy who was the most famous hemophiliac in history.”

From Washington Post

Theirs was Czarevitch Alexei, heir apparent to the throne before the family was executed by the Bolsheviks in 1918.

From Washington Post

They thought that moment had finally arrived when a funeral was scheduled last October for two long-lost children — Czarevitch Alexei and Grand Duchess Maria, whose remains were found in nearby woods many years later.

From New York Times

Czarevitch Alexei and Grand Duchess Maria were to be buried in the same grave.

From New York Times