KAISER


Meaning of KAISER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkī-zər ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse keisari; akin to Old High German keisur emperor; both from a prehistoric Germanic word borrowed from Latin Caesar, cognomen of the Emperor Augustus

Date: 13th century

: emperor ; especially : the ruler of Germany from 1871 to 1918

• kai·ser·dom -zər-dəm noun

• kai·ser·ism -zə-ˌri-zəm noun

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