a. [f. CZAR + -ISH; rendering the Russian adj. царскій (= tsa·rskiĭ), for which A. Marvell used tzarskoy.] Of or pertaining to a tsar, spec. of the tsar of Russia.

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[1663–4.  Marvell, Corr., Wks. 1872–5, II. 136. May it please Your most Potent and most Serene Tzarskoy [printed Tzarsoky] Majesty.]

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1698.  J. Crull, Muscovy, 181. His Czarish Majesty is placed in a Throne of Massie Silver.

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1709.  Steele, Tatler, No. 49, ¶ 9. His Excellency the Czarrish Ambassador.

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1833.  Fraser’s Mag., VII. 194. The czarish diplomacy.

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1886.  Sat. Rev., 11 Dec., 777/2. His present Czarish Majesty … has a very ticklish temper.

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