Caesar

Name

1. An ancient Roman family name, notably that of Julius Caesar.
2. (figuratively) The government; society; earthly powers.

Noun

1. A title of Roman emperors.
2. An absolute ruler; an autocrat.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of Caesar salad.
4. (Canada) A Caesar cocktail.
5. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial) Clipping of Caesarean section.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsiːzə/

Etymology

Cognate with Old English: cāsere

Cognate with Middle English: keiser

In summary

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.)

Synonyms

Julius Caesar

Gaius Julius Caesar

Sidney Caesar

emperor

Sid Caesar

Kaiser

Gaius Julius

Cæsar

autocrat

Cesarean section

Caesarean section

C-section

monarch

sovereign

Translations

César

Cesare

Caesar

Caesar

Καίσαρας

César

Cäsar

César

Sezar

Caesar

Kaiser

قيصر

Zäsar

Cæsar

césar