The word Czar (or Tsar) is a form of the name Caesar, the title the Roman and Byzantine emperors took for their titles. It all started when Ivan IV started using it because he married a niece of the last of the Byzantine emperors. In his mind that made him a "Caesar" or Czar (also spelled Tsar). The title did not become official until Ivan IV took it upon his coronation.
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Both words are derived from the Roman name Caesar, more specifically, Julius Caesar.
Tsar or Czar
The term "czar" is a Russian equivalent of the Roman title "Caesar." The Germans adopted the title Caesar in the same way only they used the word "Kaiser."
The word Czar is a common noun with a meaning equivalent to "Emperor" It is not a proper noun unless it is used as part of a phrase referencing a particular Czar, or is used in the sense meaning "the current Czar" in the same way one might write "the Queen" and be referencing Queen Elizabeth II.
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A czar (tsar or tzar) was the ruler of old Russia.