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The word traces its roots back to the word "Ceasar" from the [[Roman Empire]], the same roots that are used in the German word [[Kaiser]], their term for emperor.
 
The word traces its roots back to the word "Ceasar" from the [[Roman Empire]], the same roots that are used in the German word [[Kaiser]], their term for emperor.
 
   
 
   
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The term is also now used in [[America]] to refer to bureaucrats in charge of carrying out some aspect of United States Government policy, such as the [[Drug Czar]].
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The term is also now used in [[America]] and the [[United Kingdom]]<ref>As in [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/drugs-tsar-rejects-law-reforms-724195.html this article] from the ''Independent'' newspaper.</ref> to refer to bureaucrats in charge of carrying out some aspect of United States Government policy, such as the [[Drug Czar]].
    
==Sources==
 
==Sources==
    
The New American Desk Encyclopedia, Penguin Group, 1989
 
The New American Desk Encyclopedia, Penguin Group, 1989
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==References==
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<references/>
    
[[Category:Russian History]]
 
[[Category:Russian History]]
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[[Category:Political Terms]]
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