emperor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The male monarch or ruler of an empire.
Any monarch ruling an empire, irrespective of gender, with "empress" contrasting to mean the consort of an emperor.
Specifically, the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire; the world-monarch.
The fourth trump or major arcana card of the tarot deck.
A large, relatively valuable marble in children's games.
Any fish of the family Lethrinidae.
Any of various butterflies of the subfamily Charaxinae.
Any of various large dragonflies of the cosmopolitan genus Anax.
An emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri).

noun

The title of an emperor.
Alternative form of emperor (emperor penguin).

Pronunciation

/ˈɛmp(ə)ɹə/ /ˈɛmpʰ(ə)ɹə/ /ˈemp(ə)ɹə/ [ˈempʰ(ə)ɹə] /ˈe̝mp(ɘ)ɹɘ/ [ˈe̝mpɹɘ] /ˈɛmp(ə)ɹɚ/ [ˈɛmpʰ(ə)ɹɚ] En-us-emperor.ogg /ˈɪ̟mp(ə)ɹɚ/ [ˈɪ̟mpʰ(ə)ɹɚ]

Word forms

emperor emperors emperour

Etymology

From Middle English emperour, from Anglo-Norman emperour, from Latin imperātorem, derived from imperō (“to command”). Doublet of imperator. Displaced earlier Old English casere, from Latin Caesar.

Related words

Derived words

antiemperor Australian emperor Chimperor coemperor emperor butterfly emperor fairywren emperor goose emperorism emperorist emperorlike emperor moth emperor paper emperor penguin emperor rat emperor scorpion emperorship emperor shrimp emperor tamarin God Emperor little emperor little emperor syndrome pale-spotted emperor purple emperor Trumperor

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