The office, authority, or rank of being a czar; the position or state of ruling as a czar.
Formed from czar with the English suffix -ship, which creates nouns describing offices, positions, or states of being (like kingship, friendship, or citizenship). This suffix allowed English to discuss the abstract concept of being a czar.
The -ship suffix is one of English's oldest word-building tools—we use it for everything from friendship to championship—and czarship packages the entire concept of 'being a czar' (both the power and the position) into one neat word, which is more efficient than saying 'the office of czar.'
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