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Caesar

proper noun

  1. Roman leader
  2. title in imperial Rome
  3. male given name
  4. family name
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈsiːzə/ / /ˈkaɪ.zə/ / /ˈkaɪ.sɑː/ / /ˈsizɚ/

name

Etymology: From Latin Caesar. Displaced Old English cāsere, which would have yielded *caser, *coser, and Middle English keiser, kaiser, from Old Norse and continental Germanic languages. All ultimately from the same Latin root. (See also Kaiser and tsar.)

  1. An ancient Roman family name, notably that of Julius Caesar.

    “The Caesars were an ancient and aristocratic family, which for eight generations had been prominent in the commonwealth.”

    “Habel, 63 ff., believes that up to 51 the emperors bestowed priesthoods on the Caesares, using their special power of commendation; but that these Caesares were forced to wait until a place in a college was vacant; that after 51 the Caesares were elected by the senate.”

  2. The government; society; earthly powers.

    “Render therefore vnto Ceſar, the things which are Ceſars: and vnto God, the things that are Gods.”

    “let it be clearly understood that we are dealing with Life solely in its geological aspects. We appeal unto Caesar; let us be judged by Caesar’s laws.”

noun

Etymology: By extension from personal name Caesar.

  1. An emperor of Ancient Rome.
  2. Any emperor, ruler, or dictator.
  3. Alternative form of Caesar.
  4. Any agaric mushroom of the genus Amanita, section Amanita sect. Caesareae.