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

/ ˈkaɪzə /

noun

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

Kaiser

²

/ ˈkaizər /

noun

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

Kaiser

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

Derived Forms

• ˈkaiserdom, noun

Other Words From

• kaiser·dom noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of kaiser¹

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

Example Sentences

Most states do not provide details on how they’re confirming medical eligibility, or if they’re even trying, according to the Kaiser analysis.

From Washington Post

Yet 35% of them are hesitant to take a coronavirus vaccine, the Kaiser survey found, well above Americans as a whole.

From Fortune

We’ve got big clients like Kaiser and other large systems that just outsource all of their contingent staffing to us—primarily clinical—but we do partner with Randstad for the nonclinical part for what their needs might be.

From Fortune

“The school will help shape the future of medical education,” promised Kaiser CEO Bernard Tyson, who died unexpectedly, reportedly of a heart attack, about nine months after the announcement.

From Time

By early April, a Kaiser poll showed, nearly half of Americans were already feeling the mental and emotional toll of Covid-19.

From Popular-Science

Although new to the shipping industry, Kaiser proved a success in turning out the ships America needed.

From The Daily Beast

Bob Kaiser, chief of tropical diseases at the CDC, was stumped by the descriptions of the fever.

From The Daily Beast

Kaiser Health News is an editorially independent program of the Kaiser Family Foundation.

From The Daily Beast

Consider these numbers from a Kaiser Foundation poll from last week.

From The Daily Beast

This story was done in collaboration with Kaiser Health News, an editorially independent program of the Kaiser Family Foundation.

From The Daily Beast

I say "we," because another is mixed up in this business even more seriously than the Kaiser.

From Project Gutenberg

Many a spy of the Kaiser had tried to pry there and had been arrested and sentenced to a long term of imprisonment.

From Project Gutenberg

It is semi-officially announced that the Kaiser's headquarters are now in France.

From Project Gutenberg

Shortly before the outbreak of the war, it is said, the Kaiser ordered a Gloucester spotted pig in this country.

From Project Gutenberg

A fierce controversy now ensued between partisans of the Kaiser and the Crown Prince.

From Project Gutenberg