empress
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++em·press /ˈemprɪs/ noun [countable] PGOa female ruler of an empire, or the wife of an emperor 女皇；皇后
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empress• Also patron of divorce and empresses.• Her rank, though high, did not meet the level protocol demanded of future empress.• I will be bright, and shine in pearl and gold, To wait upon this new-made empress.• Also patron of empresses, parenthood, princesses, and second marriages.• It was the complaint of the Empress Matilda that her father had married her, an empress, to a count.• Criticism of the empress has developed along at least three different lines.em·press nounChineseSyllable
the wife Corpus or ruler female of a an empire, of
empress
em‧press /ˈemprəs, ˈemprɪs/
noun [countable]
a female ruler of an empire, or the wife of an emperor
em‧press /ˈemprəs, ˈemprɪs/
noun [countable]a female ruler of an empire, or the wife of an emperor