Definitions

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  • noun a son of a tsar, a prince in Russia or Bulgaria
  • noun the firstborn son of a tsar
  • noun the crown prince of Russia or Bulgaria

Etymologies

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English transliteration of the Russian царевич (carévič).

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Examples

  • Olga was soon joined by her sisters Tatiana (1897), Maria (1899), Anastasia (1901), and, finally, by her brother, the long-awaited tsarevich, Alexis (1904).

    Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna (1895-1918) Matterhorn 2009

  • Olga was soon joined by her sisters Tatiana (1897), Maria (1899), Anastasia (1901), and, finally, by her brother, the long-awaited tsarevich, Alexis (1904).

    Archive 2009-07-01 Matterhorn 2009

  • You like, you frog from over the sea, to croak at the Russian tsarevich; but we -- we are orthodox.

    Boris Godunov: a drama in verse Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin 1818

  • Let him curse to his heart's content; the tsarevich has nothing to do with the Otrepiev.

    Boris Godunov: a drama in verse Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin 1818

  • Give orders to slay them, as thou slewest the little tsarevich.

    Boris Godunov: a drama in verse Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin 1818

  • But they are now singing mass for the repose of the soul of the tsarevich.

    Boris Godunov: a drama in verse Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin 1818

  • Then Victoria’s youngest sister, Alix of Hesse, became engaged to Nicholas, the Russian tsarevich.

    Castles of Steel Massie, Robert K., 1929- 2003

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  • Russian prince.

    March 3, 2007