czar
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- noun
- /zɑr/
- US
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- The president appointed a cybersecurity czar to oversee the nation's digital security measures.
- drug czar
- economic czar
- czar's office
The, and it was, I talked to Obama's cyber czar kind of guy, who's that?
- The, and it was, I talked to Obama's cyber czar kind of guy, who's that?
- Back of my day, New York City didn't have a rat czar, Jiminy Whiskers.
- Harry and his role at the Aspen Institute as this disinformation czar.
- Why don't I run for London Mayor and you can be my crime czar.
- And then Hollenrum was like domestic czar.
- You know, new pressure mounts on Theresa May as university czar confesses to being porn addict, quote, UN quote.
- He has asked for the allergy czar to be appointed to address the important issues raised.
- You showed me parts of the rainforest where the gold mine czar and and they're just kind of erasing the rainforest.
- So it was clear that she failed the entire border czar project.
- And and, and so for me, it's going back to my czar thing.
- Another thing we don't know are the personal thoughts of the czar to those proposals.
Examples
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A sterling reputation and close friend of the president, recently confirmed into the Office of National Drug Control Policy, our new drug czar, Robert Hudson Wakefield.
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After all, favorable actions from the czar can mean increased profits or losses, more or fewer jobs, and protection from competition.
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And if I were the czar, we would do more cost benefit analysis than than we do.
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Obama needs to create a commission, a czar, or something to look into this situation.
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I think we may have found our Mexican drug czar.
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Will the role of the czar be diminished?
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So the czars, for example, are appointed by the president without approval of Congress.
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Government's food czar reported that there are no tools in place to track the origin of the latest salmonella outbreak.
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As the new climate czar, she is responsible for implementing policies to combat climate change.
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The education czar proposed several reforms to improve the quality of public schooling.
Synonyms
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A person who is the most important leader in a group or organization
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A powerful woman who has great influence in a company or field
A person who leads a team and makes most decisions
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Etymology
Czar comes from the name Caesar, which turned into a word for 'emperor', and today English also uses czar for a person given great power over one area (for example a 'drug czar' or 'energy czar') because they act with strong authority like a ruler.