variants
or less commonly tsarina
or tzarina
: the wife of a czar
tzar, tzarevitch, tzarina, tzarism
2 of 2less common spellings of czar, czarevitch, czarina, czarism
1
: emperor
specifically
: the ruler of Russia until the 1917 revolution
2
: one having great power or authority
a banking czar
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Chop Choppish Shop, Air Mail, 11 Apr. 2026
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
There, King Stanislaw II August Poniatowski was trying to rebuild the nation’s strength despite the menacing influence of Russian czarina Catherine the Great, his former lover and patron.
—Erick Trickey, Smithsonian, 8 Mar. 2017
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Noun
The czarinas enter the elevator together, exchanging polite chitchat that seems to evaporate immediately from their pursed lips.
—Chop Choppish Shop, Air Mail, 11 Apr. 2026
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
There, King Stanislaw II August Poniatowski was trying to rebuild the nation’s strength despite the menacing influence of Russian czarina Catherine the Great, his former lover and patron.
—Erick Trickey, Smithsonian, 8 Mar. 2017
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“Czarina.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/czarina. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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