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The definition of an empress is the wife of an emperor, or a woman ruler of an empire.

(noun)

An example of an empress is the Empress Dowager Cixi, wife to China's last emperor, Pu Yi.
An example of an empress was the Empress Suiko ofJapan.

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See empress in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

the wife of an emperor
a woman ruler of an empire
a woman with great power or influence: the empress of his heart

Origin: ME emperesse < OFr, fem. of empereor, emperor

See empress in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The woman ruler of an empire.
The wife or widow of an emperor.

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Origin: Middle English emperesse

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , feminine of empereor, emperor; see emperor

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