CZ -abbr

  1. Canal Zone

czar ['zär, '(t)sär] -n

  1. emperor
  2. the ruler of Russia until the 1917 revolution
  3. one having great power or authority
    • a banking czar

czar·das ['chär-,dash, -,däsh] -n

  1. a Hungarian dance to music in duple time in which the dancers start slowly and finish with a rapid whirl

czar·e·vitch ['zär-ə-,vich, '(t)sär-] -n

  1. an heir apparent of a Russian czar

cza·ri·na [zä-'rē-nə, (t)sä-] -n

  1. the wife of a czar

czar·ism ['zär-,i-zəm, '(t)sär-] -n, n or adj

  1. the government of Russia under the czars
  2. autocratic rule

Czech ['chek] -n, adj

  1. a native or inhabitant of western Czechoslovakia including Bohemia and Moravia
  2. the Slavic language of the Czechs
  3. a native or inhabitant of Czechoslovakia or the Czech Republic