empress
[em-pris]
- a female ruler of an empire.
- the consort of an emperor.
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Origin of empress
Usage note
See -ess.
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Examples from the Web for empress
Contemporary Examples
If you want Cinderella to become the empress of the world...
The Empress added a special clause for land-owning farmers, who were allowed to distill up to three hundred liters.
He quickly made a name for himself among the French aristocracy; among his patrons was Empress Eugénie, wife of Napoleon III.
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With Empress of Fashion: A Life of Diana Vreeland, Stuart does more than celebrate and bear witness.
Dakota Fanning, playing the Volturi empress Jane, is reduced to pacing and giving death stares out of Mean Girls.
Historical Examples
Or I will be Empress of beautiful women, if that is his pleasure, and give him all an Empress's love.
The Bacillus of BeautyHarriet Stark
It was all in vain, he confesses; he could not alter the convictions of the Empress.
Camps, Quarters and Casual PlacesArchibald Forbes
The Marshal answered that he desired him to repair to the Empress.
Camps, Quarters and Casual PlacesArchibald Forbes
He offered his arm to the Queen of Holland, but she looked at the Empress, who had not yet risen.
My Double LifeSarah Bernhardt
My dear empress, I have the honour to kiss your powerful hands.
Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10)Maria Edgeworth
empress
- the wife or widow of an emperor
- a woman who holds the rank of emperor in her own right
- a woman of great power and influence
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Word Origin
C12: from Old French empereriz, from Latin imperātrix feminine of imperātor emperor
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Word Origin and History for empress
n.
mid-12c., emperice, from Old French emperesse, fem. of emperere (see emperor). Queen Victoria in 1876 became one as "Empress of India."
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