Caesar
Cae·sar [ ˈsē-zər]
[ˈsē-zər]
1 : any of the Roman emperors succeeding Augustus Caesar
—used as a title
2a often not capitalized : a powerful ruler:
b
[from the reference in Matthew 22:21] : the civil power : a temporal ruler
[ˈsē-zər]
(Gaius) Julius 100–44 b.c. Roman general, statesman, and writer
First Known Use of Caesar
Noun
circa 1548, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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a person who uses power or authority in a cruel, unjust, or harmful way
- like many another third-world caesar, he cared little for the destitute class into which he himself had been born