emperor

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This seems a striking anomaly, for the whole theory of government to-day, as thousands of years ago, is the patriarchal one: as the emperor is the Son of Heaven, so his people are the sons of the emperor, and he alone can intercede between his children and heaven.

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  1. noun The male ruler of an empire.
  2. noun The emperor butterfly.
  3. noun The emperor moth.

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  1. Middle English emperour, from Old French empereor, from Latin imperātor, from imperāre, to command : in-, in; see en-1 + parāre, to prepare; see perə-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English emperour; from Middle English emperour, emperur, emparour, emperere, from Old French empereor, French empereur = Provencal emperador = Spanish Portuguese emperador = Italian imperatore, from Latin imperator, inperator, Old Latin induperator, a military commander-in-chief, ruler, emperor, from imperare, inperare, command: see empire.
 

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/ˈɛmpərər/
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