tsar: [16] Caesar was a Roman cognomen (English gets caesarian from it) and from the days of Augustus was used as part of the title of ‘emperor’. The Germanic peoples took it over in this sense (it is the source of German kaiser) and passed it on to prehistoric Slavic as *tsēsari. This has evolved into Serbo-Croat and Bulgarian tsar and Russian tsar’ – source of English tsar. => caesar
tsar (n.)
1660s, the more correct Latinization of Russian czar, from prehistoric Slavic *tsesar, from a Germanic source, ultimately from Latin Caesar. See czar. Related: Tsardom; tsarevich; tsarina; tsarevna.
实用例句
1. He was executed in 1887 for plotting to assassinate the tsar.
他因密谋暗杀沙皇在1887年被判处极刑.
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2. He assumed full authority as tsar in 1689.
1689年他全面掌权做了沙皇.
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3. The tsar protected his personal prerogatives.
沙皇维护了自己的私人特权.
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4. A tsar was a living icon, invested with deep historical and religious significance.
