different between czarocratic vs czar

English

Etymology

czar +? -o- +? -cratic

Adjective

czarocratic (comparative more czarocratic, superlative most czarocratic)

1. Of or pertaining to czarocracy.
2. Autocratic.

Quotations

• 1908, "Call is Issued: Negroes to Meet in Philadelphia On April 7th to Consider Ills", in the Indianapolis Recorder, February 8, 1908, p. 1, col. 6.

  In view of these unusual and extraordinay ^[sic] conditions, in view of the attempt of the present Czarocratic regime to perpetuate itself in power in imperial fashion, in view of the open candidacy for the Republican party's nomination for the presidency of one who in his official position as a cabinet officer has in speech in the South condoned their disfranchisement of citizens for color in admitted violation of the federal constitution, and who has supinely endorsed in to the the piuial [?] and autocratic discharge of colored soldiers without trail ^[sic] by executive decree, you as one of a class which almost from necessity has for two generations by its solid support and with a loyalty that sacrifices friends, the chance to make terms with the enemy and even life itself, kept the Republican party almost continuously in power, but one who is free from party obligation, are invited to a National Conference of colored men, and of avowed friends to be held in the City of Philadelphia, Pa., on the 7th day of April, 1908, to counsel together as to the wisest course to be pursued politically by the colored citizens of the country, especially those unrobbed of the ballot who are willing to use this weapon for the rights and liberties of their class, under the present abnormal condition of affairs.

• 1912, George Washington Jackson, School-room helps for teachers and parents, A.M.E. Sunday School Union, Nashville.

  They are impressed with the idea that their office or position in the school room calls for ironclad rules and Czarocratic government.

Derived terms

• czarocracy
• czarocrat

English

Etymology

See tsar. The spelling czar, the older spelling in English, comes from Sigismund von Herberstein's Rerum Moscoviticarum Commentarii ("Notes on Muscovite Affairs") of 1549. The alternative tsar began to replace it in the 19th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /z??(?)/, /ts??(?)/

Noun

czar (plural czars)

1. Alternative spelling of tsar (especially common in American English)
2. (informal, politics, US) An appointed official tasked to regulate or oversee a specific area.

Anagrams

• Racz, Z-car, z car

French

Noun

czar m (plural czars)

1. Archaic spelling of tsar.

Further reading

• “czar” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??ar/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *?ar?, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ker- *k?r-, from Proto-Indo-European *k?er-.

Noun

czar m inan

1. spell (magic)

   Synonyms: zakl?cie, urok

2. allure, charm (quality of inspiring delight or admiration)

   Synonym: urok

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

czar

1. genitive plural of czara

Further reading

• czar in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• czar in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• tsar, tzar

Etymology

From Russian ???? (car?), from Old East Slavic ?????? (c?sar?), from Old Church Slavonic ?????? (c?sar?), from Proto-Slavic *c?sa??, from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar. Doublet of César and kaiser

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?tsa?/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?tsa?/, /?kza?/

Noun

czar m (plural czares, feminine czarina, feminine plural czarinas)

1. tsar