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FromMiddle Englishemperour, fromAnglo-Normanemperour, fromLatinimperātorem, derived fromimperō(“to command”).Doublet ofimperator. Displaced earlierOld Englishcasere, fromLatinCaesar.

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emperor (pluralemperors)

Emperor Norton I, self-proclaimed Emperor of theUnited States of America and Protector ofThe United Mexican States.
  1. The malemonarch or ruler of anempire.
    In imperial China, it was often a responsibility of theemperor to evaluate his predecessor after the latter's death.
  2. Any monarch ruling an empire, irrespective of gender, with "empress" contrasting to mean the consort of an emperor.
    • 1994, Het Spinhuis,Transactions: Essays in Honor of Jeremy F. Boissevain‎[1]:
      In 690 Wu usurped the throne and becameEmperor herself, which proved a unique event in the history of China.
    • 2002,The Heritage of World Civilizations: To 1700‎[2], page226:
      After his death in 683 she ruled for seven years as regent and then, deposing her son, becameemperor herself, the only woman in Chinese history to hold the title.
    • 2008,Encyclopedia of Barbarian Europe: Society in Transformation‎[3], page211:
      Empress, imperial regent, and evenemperor 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[4], page213:
      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 asemperor herself.
    • 2016, Commander Pakydus,Sindbad & the 7 Galaxies:
      Where is Sindbad? I have a summons for him direct from the galacticemperor herself. He is to be brought here immediately to give an explanation for his recent actions.
  3. (political theory) Specifically, the ruler of theHoly Roman Empire; the world-monarch.
    The Investiture Controversy was a conflict betweenthe Emperor and the Pope.
  4. (tarot) The fourthtrump ormajor arcana card of the tarot deck.
  5. A large, relatively valuablemarble in children's games.
    • 2001, Paul Webley,The economic psychology of everyday life, page39:
      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[…]
  6. Any fish of the familyLethrinidae.
  7. (entomology) Any of variousbutterflies of thesubfamilyCharaxinae.
  8. (entomology) Any of various largedragonflies of thecosmopolitangenusAnax.
  9. Anemperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri).
    • 2008, Gloria Clifford,Emperor Penguins: The Lords of Antarctica:
      We do not know if theemperors are monogamous. I know some of the penguins species mate for life.
    • 2012, Lloyd S. Davis, John T. Darby,Penguin Biology, page273:
      During pairing, mates walk an average of only 90 m per day, and, while incubating, maleemperors move an average of 30 m per day.
    • 2019, Lindsay McCrae,My Penguin Year: Living with the Emperors:
      If they wereemperors, I wanted a better view. Being told they wereemperors was no good; I needed to see them. But as quickly as we had spotted them, they spotted us. Sliding on their bellies, twoemperors began to rush over.

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  • The only monarch presently styled "emperor" is the Emperor of Japan (in Japanese:天皇,tennō). The British monarch ceased to be styled Emperor of India in 1948.
  • An emperor is generally addressed asHis Imperial Majesty.

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Translations

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ruler of an empire
fourth trump or major arcana card

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Etymology

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FromLatinimperātōrem.

Noun

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emperor m (pluralemperors)(ORB, broad)

  1. emperor

References

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  • emperor in Lo trèsor Arpitan – onarpitan.eu

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