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caesar
OXFORD DICTIONARY
caesar, n.
1 the title of the Roman emperors, esp. from Augustus to Hadrian.
2 an autocrat.
3 Med. sl. a Caesarean section; a case of this.
1 the title of the Roman emperors, esp. from Augustus to Hadrian.
2 an autocrat.
3 Med. sl. a Caesarean section; a case of this.
Idiom
Caesar's wife a person required to be above suspicion.
Etymology
L, family name of Gaius Julius Caesar, Roman statesman d. 44 BC
THESAURUS
caesar
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