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empresses

[em-pris]

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noun

a female ruler of an empire.

the consort of an emperor.

Origin:
1125–75; Middle English emperice, emperesse < Anglo-French; Old French emperesse, empereriz < Latin imperātrīcem, accusative of imperātrix, feminine of imperātor. See emperor, -trix

Usage note
See -ess.

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empress

mid-12c., emperice, from O.Fr. emperesse, fem. of emperere (see emperor).

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