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

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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