Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The empress of Russia. See
czarina .
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- noun Alternative spelling of
tsarina .
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- noun the wife or widow of a czar
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Examples
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"The tzarina is short and lusty, remarkably coarse, without grace and animation.
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But the lackey explained that the tzarina wanted Marya to come alone, and in the dress she should happen to be wearing.
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The tzarina spoke graciously to her, telling Marya that it was a happiness to grant her prayer.
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The tzarina grants him life, but does that make it easier for me to bear?
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My reason for this was that we had fallen in with a detachment of the army, and the officer in charge persuaded me to join him, and it seemed to me I was bound in honour to serve the tzarina.
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The tzarina almost overwhelmed the orphan before she dismissed her.
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Presently she was ushered into the boudoir of the tzarina, and recognised the lady of the garden.
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An autograph letter from the tzarina, Catherine II., framed and glazed, is carefully preserved.
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Marya went back to the post-house full of hope, and presently, to the consternation of her hostess, a lackey in the imperial livery entered and announced that the tzarina condescended to summon to her presence the daughter of Captain Mironoff.
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She was able to get a lodging at the post-house, and the postmaster's wife, who was a regular gossip, began to tell her all the routine of the palace, at what hour the tzarina rose, had her coffee, and walked in the gardens.
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