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caesar
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun caesar has 2 senses
- caesar(n = noun.person) gaius julius caesar, julius caesar - conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC); Array is a kind of full general, general, national leader, solon, statesman
- caesar(n = noun.person) sid caesar, sidney caesar - United States comedian who pioneered comedy television shows (born 1922); Array is a kind of comedian, comic
Derived forms adjective caesarean2, adjective caesarian2
OXFORD DICTIONARY
caesar, n.
1 the title of the Roman emperors, esp. from Augustus to Hadrian.
2 an autocrat.
3 Med. sl. a Caesarean section; a case of this.
1 the title of the Roman emperors, esp. from Augustus to Hadrian.
2 an autocrat.
3 Med. sl. a Caesarean section; a case of this.
Idiom
Caesar's wife a person required to be above suspicion.
Etymology
L, family name of Gaius Julius Caesar, Roman statesman d. 44 BC
THESAURUS
caesar
Dalai Lama, Holy Roman Emperor, Inca, Kaiser, Simon Legree, absolute monarch, absolute ruler, all-powerful ruler, ardri, arrogator, autarch, autocrat, bey, cacique, cham, commissar, czar, despot, dictator, disciplinarian, driver, duce, hard master, kaid, khan, martinet, mikado, negus, oligarch, oppressor, padishah, pendragon, pharaoh, rig, sachem, sagamore, shah, sheikh, shogun, slave driver, stickler, tenno, tycoon, tyrant, usurper, warlord
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