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- noun Plural form of
emperess .
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Examples
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And aftre, at the right syde of the Emperour, first syttethe his eldest sone, that schalle regne aftre him: and he syttethe also o degree lowere than the emperour, in suche manere of seges, as don the emperesses.
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And aftre, at the right syde of the Emperour, first syttethe his eldest sone, that schalle regne aftre him: and he syttethe also o degree lowere than the emperour, in suche manere of seges, as don the emperesses.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Emperour, first syttethe his eldest sone, that schalle regne aftre him: and he syttethe also o degree lowere than the emperour, in suche manere of seges, as don the emperesses.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I Richard Hakluyt 1584
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His king, his two emperesses, his villain, and his sub-villain, nay, his hero, have all a certain natural cast of the father -- their folly was born and bred in them, and something of the Elkanah will be visible. "
Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 Samuel Johnson 1746
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