caesarian

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UK/siːˈzɛə.ɹi.ən/US/siːˈzɛ.ɹi.ən/

adjective

Of or relating to or in the manner of Julius Caesar.

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OriginLatin Caesariānus →
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Meanings

caesarian1

adjectivecaesarian (not comparable)
  1. not comparableAlternative letter-case form of Caesarian.
nouncaesarian (plural caesarians)

plural caesarians

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Caesarian

    “Your daughter needs a caesarian. Do you know what that is? We have to open her womb and take the baby out, because it is in the breech position.”

    2007, Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING (2018), page 282

Caesarian2

adjectiveCaesarian (not comparable)

alternative caesarian · alternative archaic Cæsarian · alternative archaic cæsarian · alternative US Cesarian · alternative US cesarian

  1. not comparablehistoryOf or relating to or in the manner of Julius Caesar.
  2. UKalternativenot comparableAlternative form of Caesarean.
nounCaesarian (plural Caesarians)

plural Caesarians · alternative caesarian · alternative archaic Cæsarian · alternative archaic cæsarian · alternative US Cesarian · alternative US cesarian

  1. historyA follower of Julius Caesar.
  2. historyA member of the populares faction of Julius Caesar.
  3. A Caesarean section.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveof or relating to or in the manner of Julius Caesar

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Caesarean

adjectiverelating to abdominal delivery

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cesareancesariancaesarean

nounthe delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way)

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Broader
deliveryobstetrical delivery
Also see
caesareancaesarean sectionc-section

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. LatinCaesar
  2. LatinCaesariānus
  3. EnglishCaesarian

Borrowed from Latin Caesariānus, from Caesar + -iānus. By surface analysis, Caesar + -ian. Piecewise doublet of tsarian. For the sense “Caesarean section”, see also "Caesarean section § Etymology" on Wikipedia.

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Translations

Catalan cesarià
  • cesariàof or relating to Julius Caesar — see also Caesarean
French césarien, césarien
  • césarienof or relating to Julius Caesar — see also Caesarean
  • césarienfollower of Julius Caesar — see also Caesarean
Italian cesariano
  • cesarianoof or relating to Julius Caesar — see also Caesarean
Portuguese cesariano
  • cesarianoof or relating to Julius Caesar — see also Caesarean
Spanish cesariano, cesariano
  • cesarianoof or relating to Julius Caesar — see also Caesarean
  • cesarianofollower of Julius Caesar — see also Caesarean

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with caesarian

BulgarianvegetarianhumanitarianlibrarianpresbyterianovarianlibertarianMarianunitarianDariensectarianagrariantotalitarianAryanvaleriancontrarianaquarianproletarianSumeriancaesareanarionDariantrinitarianBolivarian
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Cite this entry
APA

caesarian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caesarian

MLA

“caesarian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caesarian. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “caesarian,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caesarian.

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