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zarista

tsarist

adjective dzah-REE-stah Rare

Origin: From zar (tsar), via Russian tsar', from Latin Caesar.

Usage Note

Zarista refers to anything pertaining to the Russian imperial tsarist regime. As an adjective ending in -ista, it is invariable for gender: il regime zarista / la Russia zarista. Its plural is zaristi (m) / zariste (f).

Examples

"Il regime zarista cadde nel 1917."

Natural Translation

The tsarist regime fell in 1917.

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