empress.
The female monarch (ruler) of an empire.
Meaning & usage
The female monarch (ruler) of an empire.
The wife or widow of an emperor or equated ruler.
The third trump or major arcana card of most tarot decks.
A female chimpanzee.
A deciduous tree, Paulownia tomentosa
A fairy chess piece which combines the moves of the rook and the knight.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English emperice, emperesse, from Anglo-Norman and Old French empereriz, from Latin imperatrix, equivalent to emperor + -ess. Doublet of imperatrix. Compare modern French impératrice.
Rare form of impress.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English empresse, from Anglo-Norman enpresser (“to press, to imprint”), from Old French empresser. Attested from the 15th or late 14th century.
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