Cesar
name ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A male given name from Spanish.
"Standing in her entrance, two men in white silk suits and butterfly-looking lace bow ties, black instrument cases by their side and black-brimmed white hats in their hands–my father, Nestor Castillo, thin and broad-shouldered, and Uncle Cesar, thickset and immense."
- 2 Obsolete spelling of Caesar. alt-of, obsolete
"Tell vs there foꝛe: howe thynkeſte thou? is it lawfull to yeve tribute vnto Ceſar / oꝛ not? Ieſus perceaved there wylynes / ãd ſayde: Why tempte ye me ye ypocrytes? lett me ſe the tribute money. And they toke hym a peny. And he ſayde vnto them: whoſe is thys ymage ãd ſuperſcripciõ? They ſayde vnto hym: Ceſars. Thẽ ſayde he vnto thẽ: Geve therefoꝛe to Ceſar / that which is ceſars: and geve vnto god / that which is goddꝭ."
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More examples"Cesar Chavez was born on a small farm near Yuma, Arizona in 1927."
Etymology
Anglicized spelling of Spanish César. Doublet of Caesar.
From Middle English Cesar.