emperor
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++em·pe·ror /ˈempərə $ -ər/ ●●○ noun [countable] PGOthe man who is the ruler of an empire 皇帝
Examples from the Corpus
emperor• There was never any question of dispensing with the services of an emperor.• The coexistence in Francia of Louis and Lothar as co- emperors was possible so long as Lothar remained unmarried.• He was dying for a long time, then there was a year of mourning, now we have a new emperor.• He seemed to thrive under prison conditions, which caused the emperors to suspect their guards of going easy on the prisoner.• Clothes, the emperor thought, made him what he was.• In retaliation, the emperor gathered fifty pagan scholars, then challenged her to a religious debate.• It is no wonder that the emperor thought Albrecht Wallenstein a threat.• The emperor, in particular, needed coronation.Origin emperor (1100-1200) Old French empereor, from Latin imperare “to command”em·pe·ror nounChineseSyllable
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emperor
em‧pe‧ror /ˈempərə $ -ər/
noun [countable]
▪ king the male ruler of a country, who comes from a royal family: George III was the king of England at that time. | King Harald V of Norway
▪queen a woman who rules a country because she is from a royal family, or the wife of a king: She became queen when she was only 14 years old. | Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
▪monarch a king or queen: The bishops were appointed by the monarch.
▪monarchy a country that is ruled by a king or queen, or this type of political system: Britain is a constitutional monarchy. | Some people want the monarchy to be abolished.
▪prince the son of a king, queen, or prince, or the male ruler of a small country or state: Prince Rainier of Monaco | The prince will inherit the throne when his father dies.
▪ruler someone such as a king, who has official power over a country and its people: the ruler of Babylonia | General Musharraf was the former military ruler of Pakistan.
▪emperor the ruler of an empire (=group of countries): the Habsburg emperors of the 19th century | Emperor Hirohito
▪sovereign formal a king or queen: It was hoped that a meeting of the two sovereigns would ease tensions between the countries.
▪regent someone who governs instead of a king or queen, because the king or queen is ill, absent, or still a child: Edward II left his friend Gaveston as regent.
▪the crown formal the position of king or queen: Warwick was a loyal servant of the crown.
em‧pe‧ror /ˈempərə $ -ər/
noun [countable] Date: 1100-1200
Language: Old French
Origin: empereor, from Latin imperare 'to command'
the man who is the ruler of an empireLanguage: Old French
Origin: empereor, from Latin imperare 'to command'
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