Definitions
Female emperor or wife of an emperor.
Word origin
From Middle English emperice, emperesse, from Anglo-Norman and Old French empereriz, from Latin imperatrix, equivalent to emperor + -ess. Doublet of imperatrix. Compare modern French impératrice.
Used in a sentence
“Sit downe by her: adorned with my Crowne, As if thou wert the Empreſſe of the world.”
“Empress, imperial regent, and even emperor herself (r. 797–802), Irene was an important and powerful figure at the Byzantine court in the late eighth and early ninth century.”
“Japan's strict succession rules dictate that only men can inherit the throne, with a government advisory panel backing the tradition in a July vote despite public opinion in favour of allowing Empresses.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Female imperial ruler”7 letters
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