emperor
/ˈɛmp(ə)ɹɚ/ noun B1- The male monarch or ruler of an empire. · In imperial China, it was often a responsibility of the emperor to evaluate his predecessor after the latter's death.
- 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 Investiture Controversy was a conflict between the Emperor and the Pope.
- 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.
Plural emperors
From the library
“And how is the emperor?”
“You saw the emperor, then?”
Dantès, you must tell my uncle that the emperor remembered him, and you will see it will bring tears into the old soldier’s eyes.
Come, come,” continued he, patting Edmond’s shoulder kindly, “you did very right, Dantès, to follow Captain Leclere’s instructions, and touch at Elba, although if it were known that you had conveyed a packet to the marshal, and had conversed with the emperor, it might bring you into trouble.”
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