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Definition of Empress
1. Noun. A woman emperor or the wife of an emperor.
Specialized synonyms: Catherine I, Catherine, Catherine Ii, Catherine The Great, Queen Victoria, Victoria
Definition of Empress
1. n. The consort of an emperor.
Definition of Empress
1. Noun. The wife or widow of an emperor or equated ruler (e.g. Persian shah). ¹
2. Noun. The female monarch of an empire. ¹
3. Verb. (alternative form of impress) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Empress
1. a female ruler of an empire [n -ES]
Medical Definition of Empress
1. 1. The consort of an emperor. 2. A female sovereign. 3. A sovereign mistress. "Empress of my soul." Empress cloth, a cloth for ladies' dresses, either wholly of wool, or with cotton warp and wool weft. It resembles merino, but is not twilled. Origin: OE. Empress, emperice, OF. Empereis, empereris, fr. L. Imperatrix, fem. Of imperator. See Emperor. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Empress
Literary usage of Empress
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The emperor and empress welcomed Borgia less as a subject than as a kinsman. ...
In 1529, at the desire of the empress, Charles V gave him in marriage the ..."
2. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1831)
"The infant was saved and educated in Arabia, by his father, who imparted to him
on his death-bed, that he was the son of an empress. ..."
3. The Law and Custom of the Constitution by William Reynell Anson (1892)
"The Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland is empress of Indial.
... But India is governed by the empress of India acting on the advice of ..."
4. Kate Greenaway by Marion Harry Spielmann, George Somes Layard (1905)
"Dear Miss Kate Greenaway—Her Majesty the empress Frederick desires me to acknowledge
the receipt of your charming new little book, and to say how very kind ..."
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