Caesar

[ see-zer ]

noun

1. Ga·ius [gey, -, uh, s] (or Ca·ius) [key, -, uh, s] Julius, c100–44 b.c., Roman general, statesman, and historian.
2. Sidney, Sid, 1922–2014, U.S. comedian.
3. a title of the Roman emperors from Augustus to Hadrian, and later of the heirs presumptive.
4. any emperor.
5. a tyrant or dictator.
6. any temporal ruler, in contrast with God; the civil authority. Matthew 22:21.
7. a male given name: from a Roman family name.

Caesar

/ ˈsiːzə /

noun

1. CaesarGaius Julius100 bc44 bcMRomanMILITARY: generalPOLITICS: statesmanHISTORY: historian 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
2. any Roman emperor
3. sometimes not capital any emperor, autocrat, dictator, or other powerful ruler
4. a title of the Roman emperors from Augustus to Hadrian
5. in the Roman Empire
   1. a title borne by the imperial heir from the reign of Hadrian
   2. the heir, deputy, and subordinate ruler to either of the two emperors under Diocletian's system of government
6. See Caesar salad
   short for Caesar salad

Caesar

1. The family name of Julius Caesar and of the next eleven rulers of Rome , who were emperors.

Notes

The emperors of Germany and Russia in modern times adapted the word caesar into titles for themselves — kaiser and czar .

Example Sentences

It started with a Caesar salad, and then a shrimp cocktail, and then a prime rib, and it ended with an ice cream sundae.

From Eater

One only need to look back through history—from Caesar’s Rome to Napoleon’s France—to see clearly that when a republic couples a large standing military with dysfunctional domestic politics, democracy doesn’t last long.

From Time

The rest of the food consisted of sandwiches and hamburgers and they served us chicken with salad, a kind of Caesar salad, for dinner.

From Washington Blade

What I didn’t have in mind were “Mess With Our Heads” misinterpretations of the language — a quote about Caesar in reference to a salad, say.

From Washington Post

Even on its surface, you can imagine that this might make for a decent time-capsule adventure story—but in Caesar’s hands, it becomes much more.

From Outside Online

Perhaps the greatest irony remains that civil rights titan Caesar Chavez was a lifelong opponent of illegal immigration.

From The Daily Beast

One of the few Americans to respond was Charlton Heston, with whom she had starred in Julius Caesar in 1970.

From The Daily Beast

Caesar smuggled the pictures out of Syria when he fled last year in fear for his life.

From The Daily Beast

He started working at age 11 in the onion fields of Colorado, rising to become an organizer with Caesar Chavez.

From The Daily Beast

I can be hunched over, or push my chest out more and give Caesar strength and physicality.

From The Daily Beast

From the time of Julius Caesar they were allowed to build synagogues and granted many other privileges.

From Project Gutenberg

Could all the wise men of Rome have explained to Julius Caesar the following dispatch, if given in prophetic vision?

From Project Gutenberg

The latter in their turn seem to have rendered unto Caesar what was Caesar's and for the rest have done much as they have liked.

From Project Gutenberg

What sincerity was there in Julius Caesar when he discharged the duties of high-priest of the Republic?

From Project Gutenberg

However, he sate by him, and glanced at the Caesar which the boy shoved about a quarter of an inch in his direction.

From Project Gutenberg

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