kaiser
[ kahy-zer ]
/ ˈkaɪ zər /
noun
a German emperor.
an Austrian emperor.
History/Historical.
a ruler of the Holy Roman Empire.
a person who exercises or tries to exercise absolute authority; autocrat.
Origin of kaiser
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
OTHER WORDS FROM kaiser
kai·ser·dom, nounWords nearby kaiser
kainic acid,
kainite,
kainogenesis,
kairouan,
kaiseki,
kaiser,
kaiser roll,
kaiserism,
kaisership,
kaiserslautern,
kaizen
Definition for kaiser (2 of 2)
Kaiser
[ kahy-zer ]
/ ˈkaɪ zər /
noun
Henry J(ohn),1882–1967,
U.S. industrialist.
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British Dictionary definitions for kaiser (1 of 2)
Kaiser
1
/ (ˈkaɪzə) /
noun (sometimes not capital) history
any German emperor, esp Wilhelm II (ruled 1888–1918)
obsolete
any Austro-Hungarian emperor
Derived forms of Kaiser
kaiserdom or kaiserism, nounWord Origin for Kaiser
C16: from German, ultimately from Latin
Caesar emperor, from the cognomen of Gaius Julius
Caesar
British Dictionary definitions for kaiser (2 of 2)
Kaiser
2
/ (German ˈkaizər) /
noun
Georg (ˈɡeːɔrk). 1878–1945, German expressionist dramatist
Cultural definitions for kaiser
Kaiser
[ (keye-zuhr) ]
The German word for “emperor.” The emperors of Austria and Germany were called Kaisers. (See Wilhelm II.)