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czar


(ZAHR, TSAHR) The title of rulers or emperors of Russia from the sixteenth century until the Russian Revolution. The czars ruled as absolute monarchs (see absolute monarchy) until the early twentieth century, when a parliament was established in Russia. Czar can also be spelled tsar.	1
‡ The term czar is sometimes applied generally to a powerful leader or to a government administrator with wide-ranging powers.	2

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