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Cesar

Cesar proper noun: a male given name from Spanish. Also the obsolete spelling of Caesar.

Proper noun

Cesar

  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.1989, Oscar Hijuelos, The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 4

Also used as

Cesar is also the obsolete spelling of Caesar.

Forms of Cesar

genitiveCesars

Origin of Cesar

Anglicized spelling of Spanish César. Doublet of Caesar.

From Middle English Cesar.

Questions about Cesar

What does Cesar mean?
Cesar means a male given name from Spanish.
What part of speech is Cesar?
Cesar is a proper noun.

Words near Cesar in the dictionary

  1. Cerys
  2. Ceryx
  3. ces
  4. CESA
  5. cesanite
  6. Cesar
  7. Cesare
  8. cesarean
  9. cesarean section
  10. cesarean sections
  11. cesareans

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