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em·per·or       [em-per-er] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.the male sovereign or supreme ruler of an empire: the emperors of Rome.
2.Chiefly British. a size of drawing or writing paper, 48 × 72 in. (122 × 183 cm).
[Origin: 1175–1225; ME empero(u)r < AF; OF empereor < L imperātor orig., one who gives orders, ruler, equiv. to imperā(re) to order, command (im- im-1 + -perāre, comb. form of parāre to provide, prepare) + -tor -tor]

—Related forms
em·per·or·ship, noun
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em·per·or       (ěm'pər-ər)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. The male ruler of an empire.
    1. The emperor butterfly.
    2. The emperor moth.


[Middle English emperour, from Old French empereor, from Latin imperātor, from imperāre, to command : in-, in; see en-1 + parāre, to prepare; see perə-1 in Indo-European roots.]

em'per·or·ship' n.
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emperor 
c.1225, from O.Fr. empereor (acc.), from L. imperiatorem (nom. imperiator) "commander, emperor," from stem of imperare "to command" (see empire). Originally a title conferred by vote of the Roman army on a successful general, later by the Senate on Julius and Augustus Caesar and adopted by their successors except Tiberius and Claudius. In the Middle Ages, applied to rulers of China, Japan, etc.; only non-historical European application in Eng. was of the Holy Roman Emperors (who in Ger. documents are called kaiser), from 1297, until in 1804 Napoleon took the title "Emperor of the French." Empress is attested from 1154; Queen Victoria in 1876 became "Empress of India."

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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emperor

noun
1. the male ruler of an empire 
2. red table grape of California 
3. large moth of temperate forests of Eurasia having heavily scaled transparent wings 
4. large richly colored butterfly [syn: emperor butterfly] 

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Emperor

Em"per*or\, n. [OF. empereor, empereour, F. empereur, L. imperator, fr. imperare to command; in in + parare to prepare, order. See Parade, and cf. Imperative, Empress.] The sovereign or supreme monarch of an empire; -- a title of dignity superior to that of king; as, the emperor of Germany or of Austria; the emperor or Czar of Russia.

Emperor goose (Zo["o]l.), a large and handsome goose (Philacte canagica), found in Alaska.

Emperor moth (Zo["o]l.), one of several large and beautiful bombycid moths, with transparent spots on the wings; as the American Cecropia moth (Platysamia cecropia), and the European species (Saturnia pavonia).

Emperor paper. See under Paper.

Purple emperor (Zo["o]l.), a large, strong British butterfly (Apatura iris).

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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