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empress

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em⋅press

  [em-pris]
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–noun
1. a female ruler of an empire.
2. the consort of an emperor.
Origin:
1125–75; ME emperice, emperesse < AF; OF emperesse, empereriz < L imperātrīcem, acc. of imperātrix, fem. of imperātor. See emperor, -trix

Usage note:
See -ess.
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em·press   (ěm'prĭs)   
n.  

  1. The woman ruler of an empire.

  2. The wife or widow of an emperor.


[Middle English emperesse, from Old French, feminine of empereor, emperor; see emperor.]
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