imperator
Americannoun
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an absolute or supreme ruler.
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(in Imperial Rome) emperor.
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(in Republican Rome) a temporary title accorded a victorious general.
noun
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(in imperial Rome) a title of the emperor
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(in republican Rome) a temporary title of honour bestowed upon a victorious general
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a less common word for emperor
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of imperator
1570–80; < Latin imperātor; see emperor
Example Sentences
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In 2022 a study in the journal Nature revealed that a pterosaur known as Tupandactylus imperator had microscopic structures in its skin known as melanosomes.
From Salon • Jun. 3, 2023
In February, a team of scientists sent shock waves through the world of paleontology when it posited that Tyrannosaurus rex was actually three distinct species — T. rex, T. imperator and T. regina.
From New York Times • Jul. 26, 2022
The fossil, described on Wednesday in a new study in Nature, is a pterosaur called Tupandactylus imperator that was found in the Early Cretaceous limestone of Brazil’s Crato Formation.
From Scientific American • Apr. 20, 2022
Earlier this year, a trio of paleontologists proposed that some of the fossils labeled T. rex are different species and should get new names—T. regina and T. imperator.
From Slate • Apr. 2, 2022
Nec erit alia lex Romæ, alia Athenis, alia nunc, alia posthac, sed et omnes gentes et omni tempore una lex et sempiterna, et immortalis continebit, unusque erit communis quasi magister et imperator omnium Deus.
From A Discourse on the Study of the Law of Nature and Nations by Mackintosh, James, Sir
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