| The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002. |
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| Caesar |
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| The family name of Julius Caesar and of the next eleven rulers of Rome, who were emperors. | 1 |
| ‡ The emperors of Germany and Russia in modern times adapted the word caesar into titles for themselves—kaiser and czar. | 2 |
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| | | The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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