ˈsēzə(r) noun
( -s )
Etymology: after Gaius Julius Caesar died 44 B.C. Roman general and statesman
1. often capitalized : a Roman emperor succeeding Augustus Caesar
2.
a. often capitalized : a powerful ruler : emperor : autocrat , dictator
there were caesars before Caesar — H.D.Scott
no tyrant of history, neither khan nor caesar nor czar — Time
b. usually capitalized
[so called from the reference in Mt 22:21 (RSV)]
: the civil power : a temporal ruler
a dual loyalty — a loyalty to Caesar and a loyalty to God — J.H.Hallowell
3. : tomtate