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   emperor

   /ˈɛmp(ə)rə/

   noun

   • 1. a sovereign ruler of an empire: "he became emperor in 1930"
   • 2. an orange and brown North American butterfly with a swift dodging flight, breeding chiefly on hackberries.

   Word Origin Middle English (especially representing the title given to the head of the Roman Empire): from Old French emperere, from Latin imperator ‘military commander’, from imperare ‘to command’, from in- ‘towards’ + parare ‘prepare, contrive’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. emperorship noun

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishEMPEROR | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   a male ruler of an empire. Compare. empress. Examples. He'd dressed himself up as a Roman emperor for the fancy-dress party. This type of porcelain was made specifically for the Chinese emperor and the imperial household. Hirohito was Emperor of Japan from 1926 until his death in 1989.

3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › emperorEmperor Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   The meaning of EMPEROR is the sovereign or supreme male monarch of an empire. How to use emperor in a sentence. Did you know?

4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › EmperorEmperor - Wikipedia

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   This concept became a key element of the meaning of "emperor" in the Byzantine and Orthodox east, but went out of favor in the west with the rise of Roman Catholicism. The Byzantine Empire also produced three women who effectively governed the state: the Empress Irene and the Empresses Zoe and Theodora .

5. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryEMPEROR | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   a male ruler of an empire. Compare. empress. Examples. He'd dressed up as a Roman emperor for the costume party. This type of porcelain was made specifically for the Chinese emperor and the imperial household. Hirohito was Emperor of Japan from 1926 until his death in 1989.

6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishEMPEROR definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   An emperor is a man who rules an empire or is the head of state in an empire. The emperor wore a silk robe of burnt orange. Synonyms: ruler , king , monarch , sovereign More Synonyms of emperor

7. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishemperor noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

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   used to describe a situation in which everybody suddenly realizes that they were wrong to believe that somebody/something was very good, important, etc. Is this artist's white canvas a case of the emperor's new clothes or is it something beautiful, even moving?

8. www.britannica.com › topic › emperor-titleEmperor | Definition, Examples, & History | Britannica

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   emperor, title designating the sovereign of an empire, conferred originally on rulers of the ancient Roman Empire and on various later European rulers, though the term is also applied descriptively to some non-European monarchs. In republican Rome (c. 509–27 bce), imperator denoted a victorious general, so named by his troops or by the Senate.