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CAESAR

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Overview

CAESAR (noun)
  The noun CAESAR has 2 senses:

1. conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC)play

2. United States comedian who pioneered comedy television shows (born 1922)play

  Familiarity information: CAESAR used as a noun is rare.


English dictionary: Word details


CAESAR (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Caesar; Gaius Julius Caesar; Julius Caesar

Instance hypernyms:

full general; general (a general officer of the highest rank)

national leader; solon; statesman (a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs)

Derivation:

Caesarean; Caesarian (of or relating to or in the manner of Julius Caesar)


Sense 2

Meaning:

United States comedian who pioneered comedy television shows (born 1922)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Caesar; Sid Caesar; Sidney Caesar

Instance hypernyms:

comedian; comic (a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts)


 Context examples 


How many a time have we mourned over the dead body of Julius Caesar, and to be'd and not to be'd, in this very room, for his amusement?

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

It was Covent Garden Theatre that I chose; and there, from the back of a centre box, I saw Julius Caesar and the new Pantomime.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

I wish Mr. Micawber, if I make myself understood, said Mrs. Micawber, in her argumentative tone, to be the Caesar of his own fortunes.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)



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