czar Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917)
    tsar; tzar.
  2. noun a person having great power

WordNet

Czar noun
Etymology
Russ. tsare, fr. L. Caesar Cæsar; cf. OPol. czar, Pol. car.
Definitions
  1. A king; a chief; the title of the emperor of Russia. Written also tzar and tsar.

Webster 1913