From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishczarczar /zɑː $ zɑːr/ noun [countable] 1 PGOanother spelling of tsar2 → banking/drug/health etc czar
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czar• When drug traffic escalates, they appoint a national drug czar.• People were arrested and deported to Siberia on the slightest suspicion of disloyalty to the czar.• The czars introduced constitutional guarantees, only to ignore them whenever it suited their purpose.Origin czar (1500-1600) Russian tsar', from Gothic kaisar “emperor”, from Greek, from Latin Caesar, from Julius Caesar; → CESAREAN 