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kai⋅ser
[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. |
Origin:
1150–1200; < G ≪ L Caesar emperor, special use of proper name (see Caesar ); r. ME keisere, (north) caisere < ON keisari ≪ L as above; cf. OE cāsere
1150–1200; < G ≪ L Caesar emperor, special use of proper name (see Caesar ); r. ME keisere, (north) caisere < ON keisari ≪ L as above; cf. OE cāsere
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kai⋅ser⋅dom, noun
Kai⋅ser
[kahy-zer] –noun
| Henry J(ohn), 1882–1967, U.S. industrialist. |
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| Kai·ser (kī'zər) n.
[German, from Middle High German keiser, from Old High German keisar, from Latin Caesar; see caesar.] |
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Kaiser [(keye-zuhr)]
The German word for “emperor.” The emperors of Austria and Germany were called Kaisers. (See Wilhelm II.)
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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