Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The woman ruler of an empire.
- noun The wife or widow of an emperor.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A woman who rules over an empire; a woman invested with imperial power or sovereignty.
- noun The wife or the widow of an emperor: in the latter case called specifically empress dowager.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The consort of an emperor.
- noun A female sovereign.
- noun A sovereign mistress.
- noun a cloth for ladies' dresses, either wholly of wool, or with cotton warp and wool weft. It resembles merino, but is not twilled.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Alternative form of
impress . - noun The female
monarch (ruler ) of anempire . - noun The wife or widow of an
emperor or equated ruler (e.g. Persianshah ).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a woman emperor or the wife of an emperor
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Donatra, under the title of empress, had declared the worlds her forces held to be their own sovereign nation, dubbed the Imperial Romulan State.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011
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Donatra, under the title of empress, had declared the worlds her forces held to be their own sovereign nation, dubbed the Imperial Romulan State.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011
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(Soundbite of laughter) SIMON: ... who put this in - empress of the universe?
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All the same I hope the little empress is on the mend soon.
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(Soundbite of laughter) SIMON: ... who put this in - empress of the universe?
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(Soundbite of laughter) SIMON: ... who put this in - empress of the universe?
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(Soundbite of laughter) SIMON: ... who put this in - empress of the universe?
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(Soundbite of laughter) SIMON: ... who put this in - empress of the universe?
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(Soundbite of laughter) SIMON: ... who put this in - empress of the universe?
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Donatra, under the title of empress, had declared the worlds her forces held to be their own sovereign nation, dubbed the Imperial Romulan State.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011
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