What is the difference between empress and emperor?
empress | emperor |
The female monarch (ruler) of an empire.
The wife or widow of an emperor or equated ruler (e.g. Persian shah).
(label) A female chimpanzee.
The male monarch or ruler of an empire.
(medieval political theory ) Specifically, the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire; the world-monarch.
A large, relatively valuable marble in children's games.
* 2001 , Paul Webley, The economic psychology of everyday life (page 39)
Emperor is a hyponym of empress.
Emperor is a coordinate term of empress.
Emperor is a related term of empress.
As nouns the difference between empress and emperor
is that empress is the female monarch (ruler) of an empire while emperor is the male monarch or ruler of an empire.As a verb empress
is alternative form of lang=en.As a proper noun Empress
is a village in Alberta, Canada.empress
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(Emperor)Etymology 1
From (etyl) emperice, emperesse, from (etyl) and (etyl) emperiz, emperesse, from (etyl) imperatrix.Noun
(es)Etymology 2
Verb
(es)emperor
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Alternative forms
* emperour (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- The Investiture Controversy was a conflict between the Emperor and the Pope.
- But marbles are not only used to play games: they are also traded. In this market, the value of the different kinds of marbles (oilies, emperors , etc.) is determined by local supply and demand and not by the price of the marbles