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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
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Anagrams
- per orem
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sultana
English
Etymology
1580s, Italian sultana, feminine of sultano. Displaced existing sultaness.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?s?l?t??.n?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?s?l?tæ.n?/, /?s?l?t?.n?/
- Rhymes: -??n?
Noun
sultana (plural sultanas)
- A pale yellow raisin made from a seedless grape.
- Synonym: (American English) golden raisin
- A wife or mistress of a sultan.
- Synonym: sultaness
- A female ruler of a sultanate.
- Synonym: sultaness
- A type of viol, a cither viol.
- An old form of necklace.
Derived terms
- sultana bird
Translations
See also
- odalisque
References
Anagrams
- alaunts, anlauts
Italian
Noun
sultana f (plural sultane, masculine sultano)
- sultan (female relative of sultan)
Maltese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sul?ta?na/
Noun
sultana f
- female equivalent of sultan; a queen; a female monarch or ruler, or the wife of a male one
- Synonym: re?ina
Usage notes
- The word is rare for the queens of modern internationally recognised states, but is otherwise still used in a broader or historical sense.
Portuguese
Noun
sultana f (plural sultanas)
- sultana (wife of a sultan)
Spanish
Noun
sultana f (plural sultanas)
- sultana
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sultana/
- Hyphenation: sul?ta?na
Etymology
From Malay sultana, ultimately from Arabic ?????????? (sul??na).
Noun
sultana (masculine sultan)
- female equivalent of sultan; a queen; a female monarch or ruler of islamic sultanates
- (historical) The female ruler of the Islamicized sultanate polities of the Philippines. A notable example is the Sultanate of Sulu.
- Synonyms: reyna, dayang, sultan, hari, raha, raja, ladya, lakan, datu
See also
- reyna
- dayang
- sultan
- Gat
- poon
- Panginoon
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