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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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Empress

Em"press\, n. [OE. empress, emperice, OF. empereis, empereris, fr. L. imperatrix, fem. of imperator. See Emperor.]

1. The consort of an emperor. --Shak.

2. A female sovereign.

3. A sovereign mistress. "Empress of my soul." --Shak.

Empress cloth, a cloth for ladies' dresses, either wholly of wool, or with cotton warp and wool weft. It resembles merino, but is not twilled.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : empress
Spanish: emperador; emperadora,
German: der Kaiser,
Japanese: 皇帝
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