caesar
/ˈsizəɹ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.80 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
An ancient Roman family name, notably that of Julius Caesar.
name
The government; society; earthly powers.
noun
noun
An emperor of Ancient Rome.
Example Sentences
- "The Caesars were an ancient and aristocratic family, which for eight generations had been prominent in the commonwealth."
- "Habel, 63 ff., believes that up to 51 the emperors bestowed priesthoods on the Caesares, using their special power of commendation; but that these Caesares were forced to wait until a place in a college was vacant; that after 51 the Caesares were elected by the senate."
- "To the powerful, the Caesares were flattering, deferential, sincerely devoted, self-sacrificing, loyal, eagerly serving."
- "Five of the Caesares were killed during the years 90-85 (D. G., 3, 114)."
- "[…] Off. 1.133 and Att. 13.19.4 do not establish the uterine relationship of Catulus and the Caesares, merely the fact that Catulus and the Caesares were regarded as fratres."
- "Of the two plebeian candidates Silanus obviously counted on the assistance of Manlius, who was in office and to whom he was related from the grandfather, but his rival, a Minucius who had become a Marcius, counted on the patrician rival Caesar and on the other consul, L. Aurelius Cotta, because the Caesares were related by marriage both with the Marcii and the Cottae; in fact, Silanus was defeated by their coalition."
Etymology
From Latin Caesar. Displaced Old English cāsere, which would have yielded *caser, *coser, and Middle English keiser, kaiser, from Old Norse and continental Germanic languages. All ultimately from the same Latin root. (See also Kaiser and tsar.)
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Caesar
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈsizəɹ/
- British English: /ˈsiːzə/
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Homonyms
seizer
(Latinate) Kaiser