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KAISER WILHELM
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• KAISER WILHELM (noun)
The noun KAISER WILHELM has 1 sense:
1. grandson of Queen Victoria and Kaiser of Germany from 1888 to 1918; he was vilified as causing World War I (1859-1941)
Familiarity information: KAISER WILHELM used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
Grandson of Queen Victoria and Kaiser of Germany from 1888 to 1918; he was vilified as causing World War I (1859-1941)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Kaiser Bill; Kaiser Wilhelm; Wilhelm II
Instance hypernyms:
Kaiser (the title of the Holy Roman Emperors or the emperors of Austria or of Germany until 1918)
Context examples
Well, they say he's a nephew or a cousin of Kaiser Wilhelm's. That's where all his money comes from.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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