kaiser

plural kaisers

1. alternativeAlternative form of Kaiser.

plural Kaisers · alternative kaiser · alternative obsolete keasar · alternative obsolete kesar

1. An emperor of a German-speaking country, particularly the Holy Roman Empire (962–1806), the Austrian Empire/Austria-Hungary (1806–1918), or the German Empire (1871–1918) — often specifically Wilhelm II.
2. broadlyAny emperor or autocrat, or one who attempts to be one.

   And Black Ivo is a veritable Kaiser.

   1915, T. P.'s Weekly - Volume 26, page 444

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   […] that President Poincare, the first servant of France, is still Louis XIV, the former War-Lord, the Kaiser of France […]

   1916, The Provocation of France, page 147

   Senator Sherman vigorously assailed the Shantung agreement, declaring that it would make the Mikado a veritable Kaiser of the Far East and alienate the sympathies of the 400,000,000 Chinese – from the people of the United States.

   1919, Far Eastern Political Science Review - Volume 1, page 49

   […] which, from the banking point of view, the National City Bank is a veritable kaiser.

   1929, Through the Leaves, page 489

3. A Kaiser roll: a round, pinwheel-shaped roll.

alternative kaiser · alternative obsolete keasar · alternative obsolete kesar

1. A surname.