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Cae⋅sar

[see-zer]
–noun
1. Ga⋅ius [gey-uhs] (or Ca⋅ius)[key-uhs] Julius, c100–44 b.c., Roman general, statesman, and historian.
2. Sid(ney), born 1922, 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. Matt. 22:21.
7. a male given name: from a Roman family name.
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cae·sar also Cae·sar   (sē'zər)   
n.  
  1. Used as a title and form of address for Roman emperors.

  2. A dictator or autocrat.


[Middle English cesar, from Latin Caesar, after Julius Caesar.]
Caesar, Julius In full Gaius Julius Caesar. 100-44 B.C.  
Roman general, statesman, and historian who invaded Britain (55), crushed the army of his political enemy Pompey (48), pursued other enemies to Egypt, where he installed Cleopatra as queen (47), returned to Rome, and was given a mandate by the people to rule as dictator for life (45). On March 15 of the following year he was murdered by a group of republicans led by Cassius and Brutus, who feared he intended to establish a monarchy ruled by himself.
Cae·sar'e·an, Cae·sar'i·an (sĭ-zâr'ē-ən) adj.
Caesar, Sidney Known as "Sid." Born 1922.  
American comedian who, as star of his own weekly television program "Your Show of Shows" (1950-1954), pioneered the comedy sketch show.
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Cultural Dictionary

Caesar

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

Note: The emperors of Germany and Russia in modern times adapted the word caesar into titles for themselves — kaiser and czar.
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Word Origin & History

Caesar 
1382; O.E. had casere, which would have yielded modern *coser, but it was replaced in M.E. by keiser, from Norse or Low Ger., and later in M.E. by the Fr. or L. form of the name. Cæsar was used as a title of emperors down to Hadrian (138 C.E.), and also is the root of Ger. Kaiser and Rus. tsar (see czar). He competes as progenitor of words for "king" with Charlemagne (L. Carolus), as in Lithuanian karalius, Polish krol, Hungarian kiraly. In U.S. slang c.1900, a sheriff was Great Seizer. The Caesar salad is named not for the emperor, but for Cesar Cardini, Tijuana, Mexico, restaurant owner, who is said to have served the first one c.1924.
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Bible Dictionary

Caesar

the title assumed by the Roman emperors after Julius Caesar. In the New Testament this title is given to various emperors as sovereigns of Judaea without their accompanying distinctive proper names (John 19:15; Acts 17:7). The Jews paid tribute to Caesar (Matt. 22:17), and all Roman citizens had the right of appeal to him (Acts 25:11). The Caesars referred to in the New Testament are Augustus (Luke 2:1), Tiberius (3:1; 20:22), Claudius (Acts 11:28), and Nero (Acts 25:8; Phil. 4:22).

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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