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kaiser

1

[ kahy-zer ]

noun

  1. a German emperor.
  2. an Austrian emperor.
  3. History/Historical. a ruler of the Holy Roman Empire.
  4. a person who exercises or tries to exercise absolute authority; autocrat.


Kaiser

2

[ kahy-zer ]

noun

  1. Henry J(ohn), 1882–1967, U.S. industrialist.

Kaiser

1

/ ˈkaizər /

noun

  1. KaiserGeorg18781945MGermanTHEATRE: dramatist Georg (ˈɡeːɔrk). 1878–1945, German expressionist dramatist
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Kaiser

2

/ ˈkaɪzə /

noun

  1. any German emperor, esp Wilhelm II (ruled 1888–1918)
  2. obsolete.
    any Austro-Hungarian emperor
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Kaiser

  1. The German word for “emperor.” The emperors of Austria and Germany were called Kaisers. ( See Wilhelm II .)
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Derived Forms

  • ˈkaiserdom, noun
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Other Words From

  • kaiser·dom noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of kaiser1

1150–1200; < German Latin Caesar emperor, special use of proper name ( Caesar ); replacing Middle English keisere, (north) caisere < Old Norse keisari Latin as above; compare Old English cāsere
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Word History and Origins

Origin of kaiser1

C16: from German, ultimately from Latin Caesar emperor, from the cognomen of Gaius Julius Caesar
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Example Sentences

He went on: “I mean, I knew he didn’t know who Bismarck was, or about the Franco-Prussian War. I said, ‘Do you mean the kaiser’s generals?

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When war was declared, the kaiser addressed the enormous crowd that had gathered beneath his palace balcony.

I finally found the BEC of my NYC dreams — the one served at Volunteer Park Cafe, where they make their own kaiser rolls to compensate for our sad regional deficit in that bread category.

He joined the Wild West Show, and while they were entertaining kaisers and queens, he brought death and suffering wherever they went.

Thereafter, Germany became the kaiser writ large, the nation’s aspirations an outgrowth of the kaiser’s insecurities.

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