Caesar
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Caesar /ˈsiːzə/
▶noun
- 1 a title of Roman emperors, especially those from Augustus to Hadrian.
- 2 Brit. informal a Caesarean section.
– phrases
Caesar's wife a person required to be above suspicion. [with ref. to Plutarch's Caesar (x. 6) ‘I thought my wife ought not even to be under suspicion’.]
Caesar's wife a person required to be above suspicion. [with ref. to Plutarch's Caesar (x. 6) ‘I thought my wife ought not even to be under suspicion’.]
– origin ME: from L. Caesar, family name of the Roman statesman Gaius Julius Caesar.
'Caesar' also found in these Oxford entries:
August
- Caesarean
- Caesarean section
- Caesar salad
- greenbottle
- Julian
- Julian calendar
- July
- kaiser
- Rubicon
- tsar
