Tsarina
/tsaˈɹiːnə/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An empress of several Eastern European countries, especially Russia, or the wife of a tsar. historical
"The biggest Russian czarina was Catherine the Great, a German, who incidentally made Crimea part of Russia."
- 2 the wife or widow of a czar wordnet
Example
More examples"The biggest Russian czarina was Catherine the Great, a German, who incidentally made Crimea part of Russia."
Etymology
Via Italian czarina or Spanish czarina, from German Czarin, Zarin, feminine form of Czar, Zar. By surface analysis, tsar + -ina.