empress

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see also: Empress

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɛmpɹəs/

Noun

empress (plural empresses)

1. The female monarch (ruler) of an empire.
2. The wife or widow of an emperor or equated ruler.
   • 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.

3. (tarot) The third trump or major arcana card of most tarot decks.
4. (rare) A female chimpanzee.
5. A deciduous tree, Paulownia tomentosa

Translations

• French: impératrice
• German: Kaiserin
• Italian: imperatrice
• Portuguese: imperatriz, imperadora
• Russian: императри́ца
• Spanish: emperatriz

Translations

• German: Kaiserin
• Italian: imperatrice
• Portuguese: imperatriz
• Russian: императри́ца
• Spanish: emperatriz

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪmˈpɹɛs/

Verb

empress (empresses, present participle empressing; past and past participle empressed)

1. Rare form of impress#English|impress.

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Empress

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Proper noun

1. A village in Alberta, Canada.

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