[Corresponds to It., Sp., Pg. czarina (zarina, tzarina), F. czarine, tsarine, all from Ger. czarin, zarin (see prec.) with conformation of the suffix to the analogies of the respective languages.] The wife of a tsar, a Russian empress.
1717. Protestant Mercury, 18 Jan., 3. The … News, that the Czarina [printed -rian] … was brought to Bed of a Son.
1770. Foote, Lame Lover, II. Wks. 1799, II. 77. From the days of Lycurgus to the present Czarina.
1823. Byron, Juan, X. xlix. The fair czarina’s autocratic crest.
1891. Tablet, 24 Oct., 643. The Tsarina has given 20 million roubles.
