/see"zeuhr/ , n.
1. Gaius /gay"euhs/ (or Caius ) /kay"euhs/ Julius , c100-44 B.C., Roman general, statesman, and historian.
2. a title of the Roman emperors from Augustus to Hadrian, and later of the heirs presumptive.
3. any emperor.
4. a tyrant or dictator.
5. any temporal ruler, in contrast with God; the civil authority. Matt. 22:21.
6. a male given name: from a Roman family name.