CæSAR
\kˈɑː sˈɑː], \kˈɑː sˈɑː], \k_ˈɑː s_ˈɑː]\
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s[=e]'zar, n. an absolute monarch, an autocrat, from the Roman dictator Caius Julius Cæsar (100-44 B.C.).--adj. CÆSAR'EAN, relating to Julius Cæsar.--ns. CÆ'SARISM; CÆ'SARIST; CÆ'SARSHIP.--CÆSAREAN OPERATION, the popular name for Hysterotomy, the delivery of a child by cutting through the walls of the abdomen, as is said to have been the case with Cæsar.
By Thomas Davidson