| 释义 |
kai·ser
\ˈkīzə(r)\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English keiser, from Old Norse keisari; akin to Old English cāsere emperor, Old High German keisur, Gothic kaisar; all from a prehistoric Germanic word borrowed from Latin Caesar, cognomen of Gaius Julius Caesar died 44 B.C. Roman general and statesman
: emperor: as
a. : the head of an ancient or medieval empire (as the Roman Empire or the Holy Roman Empire)
b. [German, from Old High German keisur] : the sovereign of Austria from 1804 to 1918
< all the countries over which the Hapsburg kaisers claimed personal lordship — Century Magazine >
c. [German, from Old High German keisur] : the ruler of Germany from 1871 to 1918
< the appointment of the chancellor of the German Empire by the kaiser > |