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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 inches (122 × 183 cm).
Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English empero(u)r < Anglo-French; Old French empereor < Latin imperātor orig., one who gives orders, ruler, equivalent to imperā(re) to order, command (im- im-1 + -perāre, combining form of parāre to provide, prepare) + -tor -tor
1175–1225; Middle English empero(u)r < Anglo-French; Old French empereor < Latin imperātor orig., one who gives orders, ruler, equivalent to imperā(re) to order, command (im- im-1 + -perāre, combining form of parāre to provide, prepare) + -tor -tor
Related forms
em·per·or·ship, noun
pre·em·per·or, noun
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emperor
early 13c., 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
EXPANDCaesar 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 late 13c., until in 1804 Napoleon took the title "Emperor of the French." Empress is attested from mid-12c.; Queen Victoria in 1876 became "Empress of India."
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