Tsar
WordNet
noun
(1) A male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917)
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From from from believed to come from .
Noun
- A Slavic emperor (not necessarily a Russian emperor)
- A person with great power; an autocrat
- An appointed official tasked to regulate or oversee a specific area
- Mr Hellawell, the former Chief Constable of West Yorkshire, was appointed 'Drugs Tsar' by the Prime Minister in October, 1997. http://www.ias.org.uk/resources/publications/alcoholalert/alert199801/al199801_p23.html