Caesar
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Caesars
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Gaius (or Caius) Julius, c100–44 b.c., Roman general, statesman, and historian.
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Sidney, Sid, 1922–2014, U.S. comedian.
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a title of the Roman emperors from Augustus to Hadrian, and later of the heirs presumptive.
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any emperor.
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a tyrant or dictator.
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any temporal ruler, in contrast with God; the civil authority.
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a male given name: from a Roman family name.
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Gaius Julius (ˈɡaɪəs ˈdʒuːlɪəs). 100–44 bc , Roman general, statesman, and historian. He formed the first triumvirate with Pompey and Crassus (60), conquered Gaul (58–50), invaded Britain (55–54), mastered Italy (49), and defeated Pompey (46). As dictator of the Roman Empire (49–44) he destroyed the power of the corrupt Roman nobility. He also introduced the Julian calendar and planned further reforms, but fear of his sovereign power led to his assassination (44) by conspirators led by Marcus Brutus and Cassius Longinus
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any Roman emperor
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(sometimes not capital) any emperor, autocrat, dictator, or other powerful ruler
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a title of the Roman emperors from Augustus to Hadrian
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a title borne by the imperial heir from the reign of Hadrian
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the heir, deputy, and subordinate ruler to either of the two emperors under Diocletian's system of government
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short for Caesar salad
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The emperors of Germany and Russia in modern times adapted the word caesar into titles for themselves — kaiser and czar.
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Their once-fearsome leader, a statue of Julius Caesar, now goes by JC and sports a backward baseball cap.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
As for that $18.49 squash sauce, I browned some Italian sausage, boiled pasta, warmed the sauce and put a Caesar salad and good focaccia on the table.
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026
So the Caesar-ish dressing here is intentionally concentrated: cream cheese for body, Kewpie for tang and richness, and a dab of white miso for the salty, fermented funk that anchovy ordinarily brings to Caesar.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
Caesar fans eventually found their way to her account.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
With Caesar, our adventure will be daring, startling!
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
The “Jersey Shore” alum proposed to the Jamaican-born influencer over the weekend while DJing at the Omnia Dayclub at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
The current Bally’s grew out of Twin River Worldwide Holdings, a Rhode Island casino operator that bought the rights to the storied Bally’s brand from Caesars Entertainment in 2020 and adopted it as its own.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Later that month she delayed her residency at Caesars Palace — her first residency on the Las Vegas Strip in more than 30 years — due to unspecified “health challenges.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
Sony and Marvel partnered with 165 brands, from BMW to Little Caesars, to reach a broad demographic for what Sony brand strategy chief Jeffrey Godsick called “a true 8-to-80-years-old movie.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Both of Aurelia’s older brothers died before their father, one in battle, and one in mysterious circumstances, a fate that befell a number of heirs to the Caesars down the centuries.
From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks
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