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KAISER WILHELM

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KAISER WILHELM (noun)
  The noun KAISER WILHELM has 1 sense:

1. grandson of Queen Victoria and Kaiser of Germany from 1888 to 1918; he was vilified as causing World War I (1859-1941)play

  Familiarity information: KAISER WILHELM used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


KAISER WILHELM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Grandson of Queen Victoria and Kaiser of Germany from 1888 to 1918; he was vilified as causing World War I (1859-1941)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Kaiser Bill; Kaiser Wilhelm; Wilhelm II

Instance hypernyms:

Kaiser (the title of the Holy Roman Emperors or the emperors of Austria or of Germany until 1918)


 Context examples 


Well, they say he's a nephew or a cousin of Kaiser Wilhelm's. That's where all his money comes from.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)



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