English
emperor
Pronunciation
  • (RP) IPA: /ˈɛmpəɹə/, /ˈɛmpɹə/
  • (America) IPA: /ˈɛmpəɹɚ/, /ˈɛmpɹɚ/
  • (New Zealand) IPA: /ˈempɘɹɘ/, /ˈempɹɘ/
Noun

emperor (plural emperors)

  1. The male monarch or ruler of an empire.
    • Even an emperor is no match for a man with no wants.
  2. 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.
  3. (political theory) Specifically, the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire; the world-monarch.
    The Investiture Controversy was a conflict between the Emperor and the Pope.
  4. The fourth trump or major arcana card of the tarot deck.
  5. A large, relatively valuable marble in children's games.
  6. Any fish of the family Lethrinidae.
  7. (entomology) Any various butterflies of the subfamily Charaxinae.
Translations
Emperor
Proper noun
  1. The title of an emperor.


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