Tsarist

//ˈ(t)sɑːɹɪst// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who supports a tsar.
Adjective
  1. 1
    expressing support for a tsar not-comparable
  2. 2
    Alternative form of tsarist. alt-of, alternative
  3. 3
    from the time of the tsar in Russia not-comparable
  4. 4
    autocratic not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to or characteristic of a czar wordnet

Example

More examples

"What the law does not do, the bullet must make up for! This is what the tsarist government thinks."

Etymology

From tsar + -ist. Piecewise doublet of Caesarist.

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