Definition of "Kaiser"

Kaiser

/ˈkaɪzə(ɹ)/

noun
plural Kaisers
1. An emperor of a German-speaking country, particularly the Holy Roman Empire (962–1806), the Austrian Empire/Austria-Hungary (1806–1918), or the German Empire (1871–1918) — often specifically Wilhelm II.
2. (by extension) Any emperor or autocrat, or one who attempts to be one.
  Quotations
  And Black Ivo is a veritable Kaiser.
  1915, T. P.'s Weekly - Volume 26, page 444
  […] that President Poincare, the first servant of France, is still Louis XIV, the former War-Lord, the Kaiser of France […]
  1916, The Provocation of France, page 147
  Senator Sherman vigorously assailed the Shantung agreement, declaring that it would make the Mikado a veritable Kaiser of the Far East and alienate the sympathies of the 400,000,000 Chinese – from the people of the United States.
  1919, Far Eastern Political Science Review - Volume 1, page 49
  […] which, from the banking point of view, the National City Bank is a veritable kaiser.
  1929, Through the Leaves, page 489
3. A Kaiser roll.
proper noun
1. A surname.