Kaiser Wilhelm
Noun
Meaning
grandson of Queen Victoria and Kaiser of Germany from 1888 to 1918; he was vilified as causing World War I (1859-1941)
Source: WordNetSynonyms
Examples
Hans had courage to burn. If he had been willing to knuckle under to the Nazis he would have stayed at Kaiser Wilhelm Institute. But Hans was a scientist. He wouldn't trim his notion of truth to fit political gangsters.
According to his son, Debye just wanted to do his job at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute and as long as the Nazis did not bother him was able to do so.
A fierce battle took place, but came to a dramatic end when Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse ran out of ammunition.
Alliances and diplomacy main The young Kaiser Wilhelm sought aggressively to increase Germany's influence in the world ( Weltpolitik ).
Charlie Chaplin and Greta Garbo were guests there, and Kaiser Wilhelm II himself held regular "gentlemen's evenings" and other functions there in a room that came to be named after him – the Kaisersaal.
Career Drawing of Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse by an unknown painter Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse set out on her maiden voyage on 19 September 1897, travelling from Bremerhaven to Southampton and thence to New York.