Empress Definition

ĕmprĭs
noun
The wife of an emperor.
Webster's New World
A woman ruler of an empire.
Webster's New World
A woman with great power or influence.
The empress of his heart.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb

Alternative form of impress.

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Other Word Forms of Empress

Noun

Singular:
empress
Plural:
empresses

Origin of Empress

  • From Middle English emperice, emperesse, from Anglo-Norman and Old French emperiz, emperesse, from Latin imperatrix.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English emperesse from Old French feminine of empereor emperor emperor

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Empress Sentence Examples

  • The Empress' chamberlain invited him to see Her Majesty.

  • In 17 4 o he entered the army, and rumour had it that he was one of the favourites of the empress Elizabeth.

  • Panin further incensed Catherine by meddling with the marriage arrangements of the grand duke Paul and by advocating a closer alliance with Prussia, whereas the empress was beginning to incline more and more towards Austria.

  • According to him Barras determined to save the dauphin in order to please Josephine Beauharnais, the future empress, having conceived the idea of using the dauphin's existence as a means of dominating the comte de Provence in the event of a restoration.

  • In 1180 the emperor Manuel died, and was succeeded by his son Alexius II., who was under the guardianship of the empress Maria.

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Words Starting With

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