- the ruler of an empire
- the Roman emperors
- the Emperor Napoleon
Extra ExamplesTopics Historyb2, People in societyb2- It was under the Emperor Justinian that these advances were made.
- during the reign of the last emperor
- It is the tomb of Emperor Qin Shi Huang, emperor of China.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- reigning
- future
- late
- …
- be
- become
- crown somebody
- …
- under an/the emperor
- emperor of
- the reign of an emperor
Word OriginMiddle English (especially representing the title given to the head of the Roman Empire): from Old French emperere, from Latin imperator ‘military commander’, from imperare ‘to command’, from in- ‘towards’ + parare ‘prepare, contrive’.Want to learn more?
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Idioms
See emperor in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee emperor in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishthe emperor's new clothes
(also the emperor has no clothes)
- used to describe a situation in which everybody suddenly realizes that they were wrong to believe that somebody/something was very good, important, etc.
- Is this artist's white canvas a case of the emperor's new clothes or is it something beautiful, even moving?
- Soon investors will realize that the emperor has no clothes and there will be a big sell-off in stocks.
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