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emperor
English
Alternative forms
- emperour (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English emperour, borrowed from Anglo-Norman emperour and Old French empereor (Modern French empereur), from Latin imper?tor (“emperor; commander”), from imper?re (“to command”). Doublet of imperator.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??mp???/, /??mp??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??mp???/, /??mp??/
- (General New Zealand) IPA(key): /?emp???/, /?emp??/
Noun
emperor (plural emperors)
- The male monarch or ruler of an empire.
- 1885, Miguel de Cervantes, John Ormsby (translator), Don Quixote Volume 2 Chapter XXIV
- They asked Julius Caesar, the valiant Roman emperor, what was the best death. He answered, that which is unexpected, which comes suddenly and unforeseen
- 1885, Miguel de Cervantes, John Ormsby (translator), Don Quixote Volume 2 Chapter XXIV
- Any monarch ruling an empire, irrespective of gender, with "empress" contrasting to mean when consort to emperor
- 1994 Het Spinhuis, Transactions: Essays in Honor of Jeremy F. Boissevain
- In 690 Wu usurped the throne and became Emperor herself, which proved a unique event in the history of China.
- 2002 The Heritage of World Civilizations: To 1700 page 226
- After his death in 683 she ruled for seven years as regent and then, deposing her son, became emperor herself, the only woman in Chinese history to hold the title.
- 2008 Encyclopedia of Barbarian Europe: Society in Transformation page 211
- Empress, imperial regent, and even emperor herself (r. 797–802), Irene was an important and powerful figure at the Byzantine court in the late eighth and early ninth century.
- 2013 Voyages in World History page 213
- Originally the wife of the emperor, she engineered the imperial succession so that she could serve first as regent to a boy emperor and then as emperor herself.
- 2016, Commander Pakydus, "Sindbad & the 7 Galaxies"
- Where is Sindbad? I have a summons for him direct from the galactic emperor herself. He is to be brought here immediately to give an explanation for his recent actions.
- 1994 Het Spinhuis, Transactions: Essays in Honor of Jeremy F. Boissevain
- (political theory) Specifically, the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire; the world-monarch.
- The fourth trump or major arcana card of the tarot deck.
- A large, relatively valuable marble in children's games.
- Any fish of the family Lethrinidae.
- (entomology) Any of various butterflies of the subfamily Charaxinae.
- (entomology) Any of various large dragonflies of the cosmopolitan genus Anax.
Usage notes
- The only monarch presently styled "emperor" is the Emperor of Japan (??, tenn?). The British monarch ceased to be styled Emperor of India in 1948.
- An emperor is generally addressed as His Imperial Majesty.
Hyponyms
- barracks emperor
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