The title of the empress of Russia. See Czarina.

the wife or widow of a czar

Tsaritsa (; ), formerly spelled czaritsa (and in English sometimes rendered tsarina or czarina, which possess non-Slavic noun suffixes), is the title of Tsar's wife or a female autocratic ruler (monarch) of Russia or Bulgaria. Since 1721, the official titles of the Russian male and female monarchs were Emperor and Empress, respectively.