emperor
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: biology
entomology
human-sciences
mysticism
natural-sciences
philosophy
sciences
tarot
Etymology: From Middle English emperour, from Anglo-Norman emperour, from Latin imperātorem, derived from imperō (“to command”). Doublet of imperator. Displaced earlier Old English casere, from Latin Caesar.
Inflected forms:
form: emperors
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: emperour
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: The male monarch or ruler of an empire.
pos: noun
examples: In imperial China, it was often a responsibility of the emperor to evaluate his predecessor after the latter's death.
They asked Julius Caesar, the valiant Roman emperor, what was the best death. He answered, that which is unexpected, which comes suddenly and unforeseen
gloss: Any monarch ruling an empire, irrespective of gender, with "empress" contrasting to mean the consort of an emperor.
pos: noun
examples: In 690 Wu usurped the throne and became Emperor herself, which proved a unique event in the history of China.
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.
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.
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.
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.
gloss: Specifically, the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire; the world-monarch.
pos: noun
examples: The Investiture Controversy was a conflict between the Emperor and the Pope.
gloss: The fourth trump or major arcana card of the tarot deck.
pos: noun
gloss: A large, relatively valuable marble in children's games.
pos: noun
examples: But marbles are not only used to play games: they are also traded. In this market, the value of the different kinds of marbles (oilies, emperors, etc.) is determined by local supply and demand and not by the price of the marbles […]
gloss: Any fish of the family Lethrinidae.
pos: noun
gloss: Any of various butterflies of the subfamily Charaxinae.
pos: noun
gloss: Any of various large dragonflies of the cosmopolitan genus Anax.
pos: noun
gloss: An emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri).
pos: noun
examples: We do not know if the emperors are monogamous. I know some of the penguins species mate for life.
During pairing, mates walk an average of only 90 m per day, and, while incubating, male emperors move an average of 30 m per day.
If they were emperors, I wanted a better view. Being told they were emperors was no good; I needed to see them. But as quickly as we had spotted them, they spotted us. Sliding on their bellies, two emperors began to rush over.
Related words: empire
empress
imperial
imperialism
imperially
Derived words: antiemperor
Australian emperor
Chimperor
coemperor
emperor butterfly
emperor cichlid
emperor fairywren
emperor goose
emperorism
emperorist
emperorlike
emperor moth
emperor paper
emperor penguin
emperor rat
emperor scorpion
emperorship
emperor shrimp
emperor tamarin
God Emperor
little emperor
little emperor syndrome
pale-spotted emperor
purple emperor
Trumperor
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