caesar

noun

ˈsē-zər How to pronounce caesar (audio)
Definition of caesarnext
as in dictator
a person who uses power or authority in a cruel, unjust, or harmful way like many another third-world caesar, he cared little for the destitute class into which he himself had been born

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Recent Examples of caesar Many salads call for crumbled goat cheese and parmesan cheese is common in a traditional caesar salad. — Jennifer Lefton, Verywell Health, 8 Apr. 2026
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  1. dictator
  2. tyrant
Noun
  • Rodriguez cut ads accusing Salazar of being cozy with deceased dictator Fidel Castro.
    — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The Tirana Pyramid, built by followers of the brutal dictator Enver Hoxha, who died in 1985, as his memorial, and turned into a public amenity by the Rotterdam firm MVRDV, was also damaged.
    — Fred A. Bernstein, Architectural Digest, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of dictator
Noun
  • The piece, by the Bay Area duo BSisters (Behnaz and Baharak Khaleghi), riffs on the myth of Zahāk — a vain tyrant with snakes around his head that eat human brains to keep him alive.
    — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
  • He got obsessed with building an empire, started Solar Productions, and became a tyrant both on set and off.
    — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of tyrant

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“Caesar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caesar. Accessed 9 Nov. 2026.

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