Brewer's: Ivan

I'van

The Russian form of John, called Juan in Spain, Giovanni in Italian.

Ivan the Terrible.
Ivan IV. of Russia, infamous for his cruelties, but a man of great energy. He first adopted the title of czar. (1529, 1533-1584.)
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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