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kaiser
kaiser [ kzər ] (plural kaisers)


noun 
Definition:
 
German emperor: formerly, a German, Austrian, or Austro-Hungarian emperor, especially the German emperor Wilhelm II, who ruled Germany during World War I
[Early 19th century. < German, via Germanic < Greek kaisar< Latin Caesar, family name of Gaius Julius Caesar]

kaiserdom noun
kaiserism noun
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