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Etymology edit

Inherited from Old English cāsere, alteration of earlier cāser, from Proto-West Germanic *kaisar, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar. Doublet of kayser.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkaːzər(ə)/, /ˈkazər(ə)/

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casere (plural caseres)

  1. (Northern or Early Middle English) An emperor (of Rome or the Holy Roman Empire)
    Synonyms: emperour, kayser

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  • Middle Scots: casar, casere, cazard

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Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *kaisar, from Latin Caesar. The original form must have been cāser (attested in the East Anglian royal genealogy and the Rituale Ecclesiae Dunelmensis, and, as cāsaer, in the Liber Vitae Dunelmensis), which is why "empress" is cāseren and not *cāsestre. The final -e was added later by analogy with the suffix -ere.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑː.se.re/, [ˈkɑː.ze.re]

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cāsere m

  1. emperor

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