Czar

TSAR, TZAR, (zahr.) (Ru . tsar.] The Sclavonic form of Cæsar, the title a umed by the emperors of Ru ia, borne first by Ivan II. in 1579, as Czar of Muscovy. The eldest son of the C. was called Czarovicz, or, as we usually write it, Czarovitsch, or Cesarowitch; but this appellation was discontinued after the murder of Alexis, the son of Peter the Great, until revived by Paul I. in 1799, in favor of his 2d son, Const an tine. The consort of the C. is termed czarina, [s. 260]