kaiser
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zər 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.
Origin:
1150–1200; < German ≪ Latin Caesar emperor, special use of proper name (see Caesar); replacing Middle English keisere, (north) caisere < Old Norse keisari ≪ Latin as above; compare Old English cāsere
1150–1200; < German ≪ Latin Caesar emperor, special use of proper name (see Caesar); replacing Middle English keisere, (north) caisere < Old Norse keisari ≪ Latin as above; compare Old English cāsere
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Kaiser1 (ˈkaɪzə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | any German emperor, esp Wilhelm II (ruled 1888--1918) |
| 2. | obsolete any Austro-Hungarian emperor |
| [C16: from German, ultimately from Latin Caesar emperor, from the cognomen of Gaius Julius | |
| 'kaiserdom1 | |
| —n | |
| 'kaiserism1 | |
| —n | |
| Kaiser2 (German ˈkaizər) | |
| —n | |
| Georg (ˈɡeːɔrk). 1878--1945, German expressionist dramatist | |
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Word Origin & History
kaiser
"an emperor," O.E. casere, obscure after M.E., but revived 1858 in ref. to the Ger. emperors of Austria and, after 1870, Germany, from Ger. Kaiser, from Bavarian and Austrian spelling of M.H.G. keisar, from O.H.G. keisar "emperor," an early borrowing of L. cognomen Cæsar (q.v.). The Gmc. and Slavic
peoples seem to have called all Roman emperors "caesar" (cf. O.E. casere, O.N. keisari). Said to be the earliest L. loan word in Gmc.
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Cultural Dictionary
Kaiser [(keye-zuhr)]The German word for “emperor.” The emperors of Austria and Germany were called Kaisers. (See Wilhelm II.)
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The imperial government was not responsible to the parliament but only to the kaiser.
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