PETER I

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Czar of Russia who introduced ideas from western Europe to reform the government; he extended his territories in the Baltic and founded St. Petersburg (1682-1725)

Synonyms:

Czar Peter I; Peter I; Peter the Great

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

czar; tsar; tzar (a male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917))

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