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    emperor
    /ˈɛmp(ə)rə/

    noun

    • 1. a sovereign ruler of an empire: "he became emperor in 1930"
    • 2. an orange and brown North American butterfly with a swift dodging flight, breeding chiefly on hackberries.

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishEMPEROR | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    The Romans put a picture of the emperor on their coins. The emperor wanted to live for many thousands of years. The emperor was so sad that he wanted to build a beautiful temple for her. The first Roman emperor was a man called Octavius Augustus. The leader was called an emperor or an empress.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › emperorEmperor Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    the sovereign or supreme male monarch of an empire; emperor penguin… See the full definition

  4. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryEMPEROR | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    The Romans put a picture of the emperor on their coins. The emperor wanted to live for many thousands of years. The emperor was so sad that he wanted to build a beautiful temple for her. The first Roman emperor was a man called Octavius Augustus. The leader was called an emperor or an empress.

  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › EmperorEmperor - Wikipedia

    Gaius Octavianus Caesar "Augustus", or simply Augustus, was the first emperor of the Roman Empire, reigning from 27 BC until his death in AD 14. The word emperor (from Latin: imperator, via Old French: empereor) [ 1 ] can mean the male ruler of an empire.

  6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishEMPEROR definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    An emperor is a man who rules an empire. ...the emperor's palace. 3 meanings: 1. a monarch who rules or reigns over an empire 2. Also called: emperor moth any of several large saturniid moths.... Click for more definitions.

  7. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishEMPEROR | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary - Cambridge ...

    EMPEROR definition: the male ruler of an empire (= group of countries ruled by one person or government): . Learn more.

  8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › us › definitionemperor noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    Definition of emperor noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. the ruler of an empire. used to describe a situation in which everybody suddenly realizes that they were wrong to believe that somebody/something was very good, important, etc.

  9. www.collinsdictionary.com › us › dictionaryEMPEROR - All you need to know about it | Collins English ...

    A complete guide to the word "EMPEROR": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.

  10. www.oed.com › dictionary › emperor_nemperor, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...

    emperor is a borrowing from French. Etymons: French emperour, emperere.

  11. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › emperorEmperor - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com

    Forget prime ministers, presidents or even kings or queens: an emperor was the biggest, baddest ruler of them all — the leader of undisputed power who controlled a nation or, more usually, a number of subjugated nations known collectively as an empire.