Kai·ser

(kī′zər)

1. Any of the emperors of the Holy Roman Empire (962-1806), of Austria (1804-1918), or of Germany (1871-1918).

2. Used as the title for such a man.

[German, from Middle High German keiser, from Old High German keisar, from Latin Caesar; see caesar.]

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Kaiser

(ˈkaɪzə)

n (sometimes not capital)

1. (Historical Terms) any German emperor, esp Wilhelm II (ruled 1888–1918)

2. (Historical Terms) obsolete any Austro-Hungarian emperor

[C16: from German, ultimately from Latin Caesar emperor, from the cognomen of Gaius Julius Caesar]

ˈkaiserdom, ˈkaiserism n

Kaiser

(German ˈkaizər)

(Biography) Georg (ˈɡeːɔrk). 1878–1945, German expressionist dramatist

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kai•ser

(ˈkaɪ zər)

n.

1. a German emperor: the title used from 1871 to 1918.

2. an Austrian emperor.

3. a ruler of the Holy Roman Empire.

[1800–10; < German, Old High German keisar « Latin Caesar emperor, literally, Caesar]

Kai•ser

(ˈkaɪ zər)

n.

Henry J(ohn), 1882–1967, U.S. industrialist.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

Kaiser - the title of the Holy Roman Emperors or the emperors of Austria or of Germany until 1918

emperor - the male ruler of an empire

Translations

kaiser káiser

kaiser

Kaiser

[ˈkaɪzəʳ] N → káiser m

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"I received this," he announced, "less than three weeks ago from the hands of the Kaiser himself."

Guard it carefully, though, for it is signed by the Kaiser himself.

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Some said the Kaiser was doubtlessly already there, and there was a great deal of damning Belgium.

Placing a palm upon the sill of the window he vaulted into the room into the midst of an astounded company of the Kaiser's officers.

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"But the American Kaiser would not take every- body.

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You are only one of your kind--they are all like you from the Kaiser down.

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Kaiser Alexander hoch!"*[2] said he, quoting words often repeated by the German landlord.

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They brought us hot soup and coffee, and then those who were not on duty sat around and helped me damn the Kaiser and his brood.

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A herd of zebras grazed where once the German kaiser may have reviewed his troops.

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Telephony has always been in high favor with the Kaiser. It is his custom, when planning a hunting party, to have a special wire strung to the forest headquarters, so that he can converse every morning with his Cabinet.

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Such a wife as that would wish to push him, and he could hardly admit to himself that this was what fate had in reserve for him--to be propelled in his career by a young lady who would perhaps attempt to talk to the Kaiser as he had heard her the other night talk to the President.

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But in his best days (I mean, of course, his worst) Flambeau was a figure as statuesque and international as the Kaiser. Almost every morning the daily paper announced that he had escaped the consequences of one extraordinary crime by committing another.

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