English Online Dictionary. What means emperor? What does emperor mean?
English
Alternative forms
- emperour (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English emperour, from Anglo-Norman emperour, from Latin imperātorem, derived from imperāre (“to command”). Doublet of imperator.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɛmpəɹə/, /ˈɛmpɹə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɛmpəɹɚ/, /ˈɛmpɹɚ/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈempɘɹɘ/, /ˈempɹɘ/
Noun
emperor (plural emperors)
- The male monarch or ruler of an empire.
- Any monarch ruling an empire, irrespective of gender, with "empress" contrasting to mean the consort of an emperor.
- (political theory) Specifically, the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire; the world-monarch.
- (tarot) The fourth trump or major arcana card of the tarot deck.
- A large, relatively valuable marble in children's games.
- Any fish of the family Lethrinidae.
- (entomology) Any of various butterflies of the subfamily Charaxinae.
- (entomology) Any of various large dragonflies of the cosmopolitan genus Anax.
- An emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri).
Usage notes
- The only monarch presently styled "emperor" is the Emperor of Japan (in Japanese: 天皇, tennō). The British monarch ceased to be styled Emperor of India in 1948.
- An emperor is generally addressed as His Imperial Majesty.
Hyponyms
- barracks emperor
- basileus
- mikado
- tenno
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Anagrams
- per orem
Franco-Provençal
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin imperātōrem.
Noun
emperor m (plural emperors) (ORB, broad)
- emperor
References
- emperor in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu
Further information
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “ĭmpĕrator”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 4: G H I, page 585