empress
noun/ˈemprəs/
/ˈemprəs/
- a woman who is the ruler of an empire
- the Empress of Egypt
- the wife of an emperor
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French emperesse, feminine of emperere, from Latin imperator ‘military commander’, from imperare ‘to command’, from in- ‘towards’ + parare ‘prepare, contrive’.
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