Definitions

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  • noun An emperor of a German-speaking country, particularly the Holy Roman Empire (962-1806), the Austrian Empire (1806-1918), and the German Empire (1871-1918).
  • noun a person who exercises or tries to exercise absolute authority; autocrat.

Etymologies

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Originated 1150–1200 from German and Middle High German kaiser, from Old High German keisar, from Latin Caesar (emperor).

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Examples

  • Anonymous said ... who had the bright idea of go through the effort of putting holes in kaiser buns when it is probably only marginaly more expensive to just buy bagels and a lot less work?

    Rock on! There's cream cheese! Jessica Hagy 2007

  • An effigy of the kaiser is washed down Wall Street with a fire hose; confetti pours down; 800 Barnard girls snake-dance on Morningside Heights, and a coffin made of soapboxes is paraded down Madison, with the kaiser symbolically resting in pieces within.

    L. Debard and Aliette 2006

  • An effigy of the kaiser is washed down Wall Street with a fire hose; confetti pours down; 800 Barnard girls snake-dance on Morningside Heights, and a coffin made of soapboxes is paraded down Madison, with the kaiser symbolically resting in pieces within.

    L. Debard and Aliette 2006

  • But the demonstration for the kaiser was his moment.

    The Gun C. J. Chivers 2010

  • Another intimate friend of the kaiser, who possesses much the same talents de societe as Baron Kiderlen-Waechter, and whose position in the high favor of the kaiser has been a subject of much unfavorable comment, and even of open abuse in Berlin, is Baron Holstein, popularly known as the “Austern-Freund” or “Oyster-Friend,” owing to his altogether phenomenal capacity for the absorption of bivalves, and his strongly developed fondness for good cheer!

    The Secret Memoirs of the Courts of Europe Fontenoy, Mme La Marquise De 1900

  • Of all the prerogatives enjoyed by Queen Victoria, the one, however, of which the kaiser is the most envious is her supremacy of the state Church of England.

    The Secret Memoirs of the Courts of Europe Fontenoy, Mme La Marquise De 1900

  • This bar's unique cheesesteak on a kaiser is the best reason I can think of to get over your fear of Camden.

    unknown title 2009

  • This bar's unique cheesesteak on a kaiser is the best reason I can think of to get over your fear of Camden.

    The Clog 2009

  • This bar's unique cheesesteak on a kaiser is the best reason I can think of to get over your fear of Camden.

    unknown title 2009

  • Also, see links under ‘Demographic Jihad’ at the Religion of Peace™ Subject Index. aj 5:12 pm on May 15, 2009 | # | Reply well a lot of comments on how bad it is an how its all obviously wrong,all i say is why dont u just dig into it,i did for about a week solid,the video is more or less on the money.u know as kaiser soyze said “the greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he did not exist”.well i for one beleive the video through my research online.i can tell all of you now that there will only be only so much room in australia when europe becomes muslim,at least that country wont let them build too many mosques………go to mecca and try and build a church yeah good luck!

    The Muslim Demographic Threat » Sociological Images 2009

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