tsar
tsar
Definition
tsar (tsär, zär)
noun
czar (sense )
tsar′·dom noun
tsar′·ism′ noun
tsar′·ist adjective, noun
tsar
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- overthrow: Obviously the demand to overthrow the tsar was now obsolete.
- become: Alexandra was a very protective mother, but she was also determined to see that her son became tsar.
- have: Misha tells us that many believe that Lenin had the tsar 's head cut off and kept in a jar in his study.
- see: He had seen one tsar murdered and he was determined that he would not be next.
- assassinate: Trotsky was writing against a background where brave leftists attempted to assassinate tsars, their ministers and aristocratic accomplices.
Adjective modifier
- Russian: Her northern regions fell easy prey to the expansive missions of the invading Russian tsars in 1715 under Peter the Great.
- former: The Hermitage houses all the vast treasures of the former tsars.
- last: NOTES: He is a first cousin once removed of the last tsar, Nicholas II.
- new: Published: 09 February 2006 The new school sports tsar, Kelly Holmes, wants to push children to get active.
- own: The Government's own drugs tsar was against it.
- primary: Top of the page Pharmacy 'lacking leadership' The pharmacy profession is lacking national leadership, according to the Government's primary care tsar.
Modifies a noun
- bell: We enjoy a guided walk where we'll see numerous governmental buildings, gold-domed cathedrals and the tsar bell.
Noun used with modifier
- drug: The appointment of Britain's first drugs tsar four years ago raised hopes of a radical policy shift.
- poverty: Childrenâs charities and campaign groups have welcomed the appointment of a child poverty tsar following the governmentâs failure to meet its own poverty targets.
- health: Monday, 07 February 2005 Do we need a men's health tsar?
- design: A long way behind this pair was London Mayor Ken Livingstone's design tsar, Richard Rogers.
- child: The first holder of the post is consultant pediatrician Professor Al Aynsley Green, the government's former child health tsar.
- care: Top of the page Pharmacy 'lacking leadership' The pharmacy profession is lacking national leadership, according to the Government's primary care tsar.
Possessives
- court: There was a time when Russian aristocrats at the tsar's court and in high society also made a fad of the French language.
Possessives
- man: Monday, 07 February 2005 Do we need a men's health tsar?
tsar Quotes
A spectre is haunting Europeöthe spectre of communism. All the powers of old Europe have entered into a holyalliance to exorcise this spectre; Pope and Tsar, Metternich and Guizot, French Radicals and German police spies.
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