tsarina
Imperial Russian consort
A tsarina is the empress of Russia—either the wife of a tsar or a woman ruling in her own right.
Catherine the Great was the most famous tsarina.
The word is sometimes spelled czarina.
Figuratively, tsarina can describe any woman wielding absolute authority: She was the tsarina of the fashion department.
Female ruler of empire
- coronationCeremony installing a sovereign
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- sovereignSupreme in power
- monarchHereditary supreme ruler
reign · scepter · crown · dynasty · palace · regalia · decree · majesty
Titled ruling class
- aristocracyRule by hereditary elite
- courtTrial venue or sports surface
- ladies-in-waitingFemale royal companions
- chamberlainRoyal household administrator
entourage · intrigue · etiquette · ballroom · banquet · retinue · courtier · attendant
Great age, ancient era
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
- executionCompleting a planned task
- exileBanishment from homeland
abdication · assassination · martyrdom · canonized · lost princess · pretender · impostor · emigré
empress
Female ruler of empire
- coronationCeremony installing a sovereign
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- sovereignSupreme in power
monarch · reign · scepter · crown · dynasty · palace · regalia · decree · majesty · imperial
nobility
Titled ruling class
- aristocracyRule by hereditary elite
- courtTrial venue or sports surface
- ladies-in-waitingFemale royal companions
chamberlain · entourage · intrigue · etiquette · ballroom · banquet · retinue · courtier · attendant · petitioner
antiquity
Great age, ancient era
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
- executionCompleting a planned task
exile · abdication · assassination · martyrdom · canonized · lost princess · pretender · impostor · emigré
authority
Power to enforce obedience
- dominanceSuperior influence over others
- influencePower to affect others
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
command · autocracy · rule · dominion · absolute · decree · edict · mandate · succession · regent
kremlin
Russian fortified complex
- samovarWater-heating tea vessel
- dachaSeasonal rural dwelling
- matryoshkaRussian nesting doll
- royaltyking, queen, prince, princess, kings
- imperial familyemperor, empress, prince, princess, crown prince
- royal titlesqueen, king, prince, princess, emperor
- Royal Womenempress, queens, queen consort, princesses, queen mother
- rulersmonarch, Caesar, ruler, sovereign, emperor
- titlesMr., Mrs., Ms., Dr., Miss
tsarinarevolutionary
Seeking fundamental systemic change
Bolshevik · president · elected leader · prime minister · commissar