Definition: Tsar
From New World Encyclopedia
- A Slavic emperor (not necessarily a Russian emperor)
- A person with great power; an autocrat
- An appointed official tasked to regulate or oversee a specific area
- Mr Hellawell, the former Chief Constable of West Yorkshire, was appointed 'Drugs Tsar' by the Prime Minister in October, 1997. [1]
Derived terms
- tsarina
- tsarism
- tsarist
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