empress
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- noun
- /ˈɛmprɪs/
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emperatriz
- The empress was the wife of Shah Jahan, the fifth Mogul emperor.
- emperor and empress
- queen and empress
- worn by the empress
And then the the Empress pops up on the video screen.
- And then the the Empress pops up on the video screen.
- In effect, she was the Empress Wu of Neo Assyria.
- She's also opposing her sister, who is the new adjunct to the Empress.
- The people who were Monophysite could Orient themselves to Theodora the Empress and the Orthodox to Justinian.
- So this is, it's kind of interesting that Euler was hired by Peter and Catherine the the Empress to Russia.
Examples
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At this point, the empire is ruled de facto by Empress Xiao Qing Shan, the Empress Dowager Sishi.
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As a result, the first Empress of Rome, Livia Drusilla, was the wife of Augustus.
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There once was an empress who everyone really liked.
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Most noble empress, you have heard of me.
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A crown for an empress.
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And painful though it is, the truth is that the empress is no longer capable of bearing you a child.
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Zewditu was the only woman crowned as Empress in her own right.
Academic text (2009) -
The security guards escorted the emperor and empress toward the door of the Imperial Palace.
Fiction book (1999) -
It's his wife, Empress Theodora, who'll give him the courage to act.
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The empress ruled with wisdom and grace, earning the loyalty of her people.
Synonyms
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A woman who rules a country or is the king's wife
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A woman who was a czar's wife or who ruled Russia as empress before 1917
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A woman who rules a country, for example a queen
A woman who rules a country because she inherited the throne
How Powerful
Surface Forms
Morphology
empress = emperor (semi-transparent) = emper + ess
The relation to 'emperor' is recognizable, but the stem change from 'emperor' to 'empress' and the specialized wife-of sense reduce full predictability.
Etymology
Empress is the female form of emperor and comes from the Latin root imperare, which means 'to command'. So an empress is a woman who rules an empire, which explains the modern meaning.