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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Experts say the former stands for “Brutus, Imperator,” with imperator referring not to emperor but to commander.
From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2023
Tupandactylus imperator was a bird-like creature, with a wingspan of around 10 feet, and a large flat protrusion on their head, called a sagittal crest, that stuck up vertically like a shark fin.
From Salon ● Apr. 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
He assumed the prænomen of imperator, but combined in himself all the great offices of the republic which had been overturned.
From Ancient States and Empires by John Lord
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