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Definitions

Noun

1. 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. 2
   the wife or widow of a czar wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

czaritzatsaritsaczarinaczarinatsaritsatzarina

Example

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"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.

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