Meaning & use

Czarina

noun·Academic

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The wife of a czar, or a woman who ruled as empress of Russia.

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Catherine the Great became one of the most powerful czarinas in Russian history.

Portraits of the last czarina hang in the palace's grand hall.

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Also spelled 'tsarina'; the title parallels 'czar,' both derived from the Latin 'Caesar.'

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empresstsarina

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