Caesar
An ancient Roman family name, notably that of Julius Caesar.
Proper noun
- An ancient Roman family name, notably that of Julius Caesar.
- The Caesars were an ancient and aristocratic family, which for eight generations had been prominent in the commonwealth. - 1891, William Rainey Harper, Herbert Cushing Tolman, Eight Books of Caesar’s Gallic War, New...
- 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...
- To the powerful, the Caesares were flattering, deferential, sincerely devoted, self-sacrificing, loyal, eagerly serving. - 1965, Taylor Caldwell, A Pillar of Iron, Doubleday, →ISBN, page 128:
- The government; society; earthly powers.
- Render therefore vnto Ceſar, the things which are Ceſars: and vnto God, the things that are Gods. - 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 22:21:
- let it be clearly understood that we are dealing with Life solely in its geological aspects. We appeal unto Caesar; let us be judged by Caesar’s laws. - 1861, David Page, The past and present life of the globe, page 9:
- Caesar may discriminate unjustly against certain races. Christians are not to take issue with Caesar's laws on such matters and flout them, but should submit. - 1957, Awake, volume 38, number 14, page 6:
Origin
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.)
Forms
Related
czar tsar tzar kaiser caesar Ceasar Casar Cesar Cæsar Cesare Caesarean
Derived
Bloody Caesar Caesar cipher Caesar cut caesarean cesarean caesarian cesarian caesarean section cesarean section cesarian section Caesarism Caesar salad Caesar substitution Caesar's wife Caesar's wife should be above suspicion Julius Caesar cipher render unto Caesar
Noun
- A title of Roman emperors.
- Constantius Chlorus and Galerius became Caesares in 293; […] - 1889, The Classical Review, volume III, London: David Nutt, […], page 232:
- Owing to the victories gained in the wars from 295-297, the two Augusti, Diocletian and Maximian, and the two Caesares, Galerius and Constantius Chlorus, took the title of Carpicus Maximus, the last three receiving this...
- For within the principia the highest, and focal, point of the whole ensemble is formed by the ‘temple of the standards’, on whose lintel a Latin inscription proudly proclaimed the completion of the work: ‘The Repairers...
- An absolute ruler; an autocrat.
- Abbreviation of Caesar salad.
- A garlicky Caesar is a nice starter with whole Romaine leaves and crispy sourdough croutons, but most can’t resist the creamy, but very rich, signature lobster soup. - 2010, Cara Goldsbury, The Luxury Guide to Walt...
- I tell her that I would love a Caesar, which happens to be my favorite salad. - 2012, Paul Sunshine Murphy, The Island Caper, 2nd edition, Mustang, Okla.: Tate Publishing & Enterprises, →ISBN, page 48:
- A Caesar cocktail.
- Clipping of Caesarean section.