caesar means an ancient Roman family name, notably that of Julius Caesar. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 72 out of 100.
caesar is pronounced /ˈsiːzə/.
Why “caesar” is a great word
CAESAR — [Name] A title derived from the cognomen of Julius Caesar, used for Roman emperors and later to denote an autocratic ruler. From Latin Caesar, the cognomen of Gaius Julius Caesar. The surname became a title for Roman emperors from AD 68. The name's ultimate etymology is uncertain but is popularly associated with Latin caesaries ("hair") or caesus, past participle of caedere ("to cut"), though these are not definitively established. Unlike "king," which implies a hereditary claim over a bounded realm, or "dictator," a provisional term for extra-legal rule, *caesar* is the institutional ghost of Rome—the chill of marble in a shadowed portico, the heavy press of a gold laurel wreath upon the brow, the irrevocable finality of the senatorial decree. It is the transformation of a man into an office, and an office into the slow, enduring grammar of power.
Etymology
From Latin Caesar. Displaced Old English cāsere, which would have yielded *caser, *coser, and Middle English keiser, kaiser, from Old Norse and continental Germanic languages. All ultimately from the same Latin root. (See also Kaiser and tsar.)
name
- An ancient Roman family name, notably that of Julius Caesar.“The Caesars were an ancient and aristocratic family, which for eight generations had been prominent in the commonwealth.”
- The government; society; earthly powers.“Render therefore vnto Ceſar, the things which are Ceſars: and vnto God, the things that are Gods.”
noun
- A title of Roman emperors.“Constantius Chlorus and Galerius became Caesares in 293; […]”
- An absolute ruler; an autocrat.
- A Caesar cocktail.
- An emperor of Ancient Rome.
- Any emperor, ruler, or dictator.
- Any agaric mushroom of the genus Amanita, section Amanita sect. Caesareae.