‖ tsarevich, czar-, -wi(t)ch(ˈtsɑːrəvɪtʃ, ˈz-, Russ.tsaˈrevitʃ)Also spelt (after Polish) czarowitz, -witch, etc.[a. Russ.tsaˈrevich, son of a tsar; in Pol.carowicz, F. tsarowitz, Ger.zarewitsch, etc. See tsar.]A son of a tsar. (Superseded, after the time of Paul I, by velikiĭ knyaz′ ‘Grand Duke’, lit. ‘great prince’. The eldest son or hereditary prince had the differentiated title cesaˈrevitch, -witch, Russian tsesarevich, formed on tsesar′ Cæsar, emperor.)1710Lond.Gaz.No. 4688/1 The Czarowitz, his Czarish Majesty's Son, is expected here this Evening.1712Ibid.No. 4985/2 The Czarowitz..setting forwards to meet the King.1878G. B. McClellan in N. Amer.Rev. CXXVI. 151 The army of the Cesarovitch.1906P. Kropotkin Mem. Revolutionist (1908) II. ix. 143 The Tsarevich..began to scold the officer.