czarina

variants also tsarina or tzarina

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Recent Examples of czarina But this all comes at the end of this addictively chronicled history, in six parts, of a deluded autocrat and his equally imperious czarina, German-born and the granddaughter of Queen Victoria. Dorothy Rabinowitz, WSJ, 27 June 2019 There is a new gambling czarina — Governor Charlie Baker appointed Cathy Judd-Stein to the post in January. Shirley Leung, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2019 Almost to the end, the czar and czarina—secure in their faith that they are adored—scoff at all indicators to the contrary as rumors or malicious lies. Dorothy Rabinowitz, WSJ, 27 June 2019 Tamim’s younger sister, Mayassa, is Qatar’s culture czarina — an art world behemoth who, at the age of 30, had an estimated annual budget of $1 billion. Written By Declan Walsh; Photographs By Tomas Munita, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2018 There, King Stanislaw II August Poniatowski was trying to rebuild the nation’s strength despite the menacing influence of Russian czarina Catherine the Great, his former lover and patron. Erick Trickey, Smithsonian, 8 Mar. 2017 Rumor and street culture—jokes, postcards, sayings, bawdy plays performed in saloons—changed the image of the czar and the czarina, desacralized them, before and during the war. Olga Ingurazova, Smithsonian, 29 Sep. 2017 And Thrive Global, the wellness-crusading company that new media czarina Arianna Huffington founded nearly a year ago, didn’t invent downtime. Clifton Leaf, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2017 The Russian Poles see the new czarina, Marina, a proud Pole, as a champion. Anthony Tommasini, New York Times, 31 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for czarina
Noun
  • The problem is so acute that Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, recently appointed a housing czar to spur a search for solutions in Europe.
    Liz Alderman, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
  • By creating the position of border czar, which is not an official Cabinet role, Trump was able to get Homan into a position of power without needing the Senate's approval.
    Kyler Alvord, People.com, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • No wedding is complete without the honeymoon, and for our generous tastemaker who wants to be crowned emperor or empress of gift giving, a visit with Griffin Bruehl, founder of BRUEHL and part of Global Travel Collection, is the best way to procure that crown.
    Lilian Raji, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Cookware This is something for the big-splashy-meal cook in your life—the king of the standing rib roast, the empress of the whole pig on a spit, the generalissimo of the hundred-person clam bake.
    Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Discovery role as Philippa Georgiou, the onetime Terran emperor who allies with the titular secret division of Starfleet — and in turn must face the sins of her past.
    Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Is the emperor wearing new clothes, or finally admitting to the ones he's been wearing all along?
    Gemma Allen, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • On March 24, 2022, the day of the contentious vote, Suarez was in the United Arab Emirates — where Quinn Emanuel represents several sovereign wealth funds and other government entities — signing a non-binding memorandum of understanding with Emirati officials alongside the crown prince of Dubai.
    Sarah Blaskey, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Nightbreed peacock The Northman Year: 2022 Runtime: 2h 17m Director: Robert Eggers This epic from the director of The Lighthouse stars Alexander Skarsgard as a Viking prince who returns to his homeland with vengeance on his mind.
    Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Indeed, a cornerstone of the princess' new mission is fostering personal connections.
    Simon Perry, People.com, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Choose from Disney princesses, Mickey Mouse, space, and more themes to create playful illustrations.
    Emily Hochberg, Parents, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • While Jon is bound to leadership by a sense of duty, Daenerys sees herself as a liberator, a queen steeped in moral righteousness who freed slaves across the sea for the greater good.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 14 July 2017
  • THE TRENDSETTER Salt & Straw is the homecoming queen of ice cream in LA.
    Cole Kazdin, Los Angeles Magazine, 14 July 2017
Noun
  • The Blue Mosque was built by Sultan Ahmet I, the Ottoman Empire’s sultan between 1603 and 1617.
    Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 12 Dec. 2024
  • The sultan is the second-longest reigning monarch, following the late Queen Elizabeth II.
    Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 29 Aug. 2024
Noun
  • The studio was founded in 1912 by Thomas Ince, a producer-director and mogul during the silent film era, built where Sunset Boulevard now intersects the Pacific Coast Highway.
    Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Jan. 2025
  • In a plea agreement filed late Thursday, Deputy Eric Chase Saavedra admitted to conspiring with a crypto mogul who paid $100,000 per month for Saavedra to provide deputies to serve as his round-the-clock bodyguards and sometimes also commit crimes.
    Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025

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“Czarina.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/czarina. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.

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