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tsarina, czarina|tsaˈriːnə, za-|
[Corresponds to It., Sp., Pg. czarina (zarina, tzarina), F. czarine, tsarine, all from Ger. czarin, zarin (see prec.) with conformation of the suffix to the analogies of the respective languages.]
The wife of a tsar, a Russian empress.
1717Protestant Mercury 18 Jan. 3 The..News, that the Czarina [printed -rian]..was brought to Bed of a Son. 1770Foote Lame Lover ii. Wks. 1799 II. 77 From the days of Lycurgus to the present Czarina. 1823Byron Juan x. xlix, The fair czarina's autocratic crest. 1891Tablet 24 Oct. 643 The Tsarina has given 20 million roubles. |