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emperor Definition

em·peror (empər ər)

noun

  1. the supreme ruler of an empire
  2. any of various butterflies (family Nymphalidae) and moths (family Saturniidae)

Etymology: ME emperour < OFr empereor, ruler (of the Holy Roman Empire) < L imperator, commander in chief < pp. of imperare, to command < in-, in + parare, to set in order, prepare

emperor Related Forms
em·per·or·ship′ noun
emperor Synonyms

emperor

n.

monarch, sovereign, dictator; see ruler 1.

emperor Usage Examples

Possessives

  • clothes: For they provide vantage points where we can see through the weave of the emperor's latest clothes.
  • palace: The princess is so impressed that she invites Aladdin, his family, and his friend Rosie inside the emperor's palace.

Converse of object

  • depose: That it may be permitted to him to depose emperors.
  • reign: See him where he sits, more like a reigning Emperor at home than a Prince upon his holidays!
  • succeed: The succeeding emperor decided, for internal political reasons, to revert to traditional isolationism.
  • crown: Charlemagne hastened to Rome to support Leo, and on Christmas Day, 800, was crowned emperor by the pope.
  • declare: Constantine I was declared emperor at York in the summer of 306.
  • elect: A lord needs to achieve a simple majority of all available voting power to be elected emperor.

Adjective modifier

  • Byzantine: The Byzantine emperor Constantine X was born 1,000 years ago.
  • proclaimed: Constantine, who was proclaimed Emperor at no less a place than York, would himself become the first Emperor to convert to Christianity.
  • Ming: The Chinese sent out embassies all over Asia during the reign of the Ming emperor Yung Lo in the early 1400s.
  • Mogul: Finally India learned the art from the Persian weavers, developing a style to suit the tastes of their Mogul emperors.
  • Frankish: The Frankish emperor then took up the cause of rebellious Venetia and Dalmatia.
  • Roman: He has employed a food taster for decades as did Roman emperors of old.

Modifies a noun

  • Augustus: Under the emperor Augustus it became the most important Roman colony of the eastern empire.
  • Nero: Prasutagus had hoped to pass at least some of his estates to his family by making the emperor Nero joint heir.
  • penguin: Emperor penguins are the largest penguin species, standing 120cm high.. .
  • dragonfly: The highlight of the day was finding a magnificent emperor dragonfly at the reserve for the very first time.
  • moth: A nature trail has been created on the Naze and the Essex Skipper butterfly and Emperor moth can be seen here.
  • worship: Pergamum was the political capital of the Roman province of Asia and the center of emperor worship.
Emperor Quotes

The Emperor Caligula 's Habits were somewhat irrigula. When he sat down to lunch He got drunk at onch.

—Longden, Robert Paton

The Emperor Claudius Used to keep a baudius. When he got more criminal He ran a den on theViminal.

—Longden, Robert Paton

emperor Quotes

For de little stealin'dey gits you in jail soon or late.For de big stealin'dey makes you Emperor and puts you in de Hall o' Fame when you croaks.

—O'Neill, Eugene Gladstone

The only emperor is the emperor of ice-cream.

—Stevens,Wallace

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