czarina

noun

cza·​ri·​na zä-ˈrē-nə How to pronounce czarina (audio) (t)sä- How to pronounce czarina (audio)
variants or less commonly tsarina or tzarina
: the wife of a czar

Examples of czarina in a Sentence

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Louisiana’s Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, which employs a full-time nutria czarina, approves of using and disposing of the dead rats in just about any way imaginable. Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025 The children spent time with their older half-siblings from their parents’ first marriages, as well as their cousins, the five children of Nicholas and his czarina, Alexandra. Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 June 2025 There is a new gambling czarina — Governor Charlie Baker appointed Cathy Judd-Stein to the post in January. Shirley Leung, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2019 Almost to the end, the czar and czarina—secure in their faith that they are adored—scoff at all indicators to the contrary as rumors or malicious lies. Dorothy Rabinowitz, WSJ, 27 June 2019 Tamim’s younger sister, Mayassa, is Qatar’s culture czarina — an art world behemoth who, at the age of 30, had an estimated annual budget of $1 billion. Written By Declan Walsh; Photographs By Tomas Munita, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2018 Rumor and street culture—jokes, postcards, sayings, bawdy plays performed in saloons—changed the image of the czar and the czarina, desacralized them, before and during the war. Olga Ingurazova, Smithsonian, 29 Sep. 2017

Word History

Etymology

probably modification of German Zarin, from Zar czar, from Russian tsar'

First Known Use

1717, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of czarina was in 1717

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“Czarina.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/czarina. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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czarina

noun
cza·​ri·​na
variants also tsarina or tzarina
zä-ˈrē-nə
: the wife of a czar

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