Caesar

Meaning

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.

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

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.)