Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The wife of a Kaiser.
  • noun Used as the title for such a woman.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[German, feminine of Kaiser, Kaiser; see Kaiser.]

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Examples

  • At seven our buxom "Kaiserin" put our meal upon the table -- a roast, a sweet, and a wedge of Cheshire cheese.

    The Stretton Street Affair William Le Queux 1895

  • The fire in the sitting-room had been lit by the "Kaiserin" ready for his home-coming, and everything seemed bright and cosy.

    The Stretton Street Affair William Le Queux 1895

  • Our "Kaiserin" had gone home, so I rose, put on my overcoat, switched off the lights and descended the stairs to Hammersmith Bridge.

    The Stretton Street Affair William Le Queux 1895

  • Armistice and set up housekeeping together, our female "Kaiserin" being a sharp-featured, grey-haired young lady of about fifty-five, who "looked after us" very well, and though she possessed many idiosyncrasies, did not rob us quite so openly as do most housekeepers of the London bachelor's home.

    The Stretton Street Affair William Le Queux 1895

  • Parania, who would later go by Pauline or Polly, arrived at Ellis Island on October 28, 1911 after a ten-day journey from Hamburg on the S.S. Kaiserin Auguste Victoria.

    Megan Smolenyak: To Lady Liberty on Her 125th Birthday Megan Smolenyak 2011

  • Parania, who would later go by Pauline or Polly, arrived at Ellis Island on October 28, 1911 after a ten-day journey from Hamburg on the S.S. Kaiserin Auguste Victoria.

    Megan Smolenyak: To Lady Liberty on Her 125th Birthday Megan Smolenyak 2011

  • She graduated from Kaiserin Augusta Gymnasium and received her Doctor of Laws degree from Heidelberg University in 1911.

    Personal Information for Marie Munk 2010

  • Augusta Victoria Hospice Kaiserin Augusta Victoria Hospital on, 9, 14, 78, 215

    Crossing Mandelbaum Gate Kai Bird 2010

  • Augusta Victoria Hospice Kaiserin Augusta Victoria Hospital on, 9, 14, 78, 215

    Crossing Mandelbaum Gate Kai Bird 2010

  • She graduated from Kaiserin Augusta Gymnasium and received her Doctor of Laws degree from Heidelberg University in 1911.

    Personal Information for Marie Munk Jewish Women's Archive 2010

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