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em·per·or  (mpr-r)

n.

1. The male ruler of an empire.

2.

a. The emperor butterfly.

b. The emperor moth.

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[Middle English emperour, from Old French empereor, from Latin impertor, from imperre, to command : in-, in; see en-¹ + parre, to prepare; see per-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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emper·or·ship n.

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emperor

Noun

a man who rules an empire [Latin imperare to command]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	emperor - the male ruler of an empire           empress - a woman emperor or the wife of an emperor Holy Roman Emperor - sovereign of the Holy Roman Empire Kaiser - the title of the Holy Roman Emperors or the emperors of Austria or of Germany until 1918 mikado, tenno - the emperor of Japan; when regarded as a religious leader the emperor is called tenno Emperor of Rome, Roman Emperor - sovereign of the Roman Empire Romanoff, Romanov - a member of the imperial family that ruled Russia crowned head, monarch, sovereign - a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right
	2.	emperor - red table grape of California vinifera grape - grape from a cultivated variety of the common grape vine of Europe
	3.	emperor - large moth of temperate forests of Eurasia having heavily scaled transparent wings emperor moth, Saturnia pavonia saturniid, saturniid moth - large brightly colored and usually tropical moth; larvae spin silken cocoons genus Saturnia, Saturnia - type genus of the Saturniidae: emperor moth
	4.	emperor - large richly colored butterfly       emperor butterfly brush-footed butterfly, four-footed butterfly, nymphalid, nymphalid butterfly - medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast Apatura, genus Apatura - large Old World butterflies Apatura iris, purple emperor - large European butterfly the male of which has wings shaded with purple

Translations

emperor [ˈɛmpərəʳ] n → emperador m

emperor [ˈɛmpərəʳ] n → empereur m

emperor [ˈɛmpərəʳ] n → Kaiser m

emperor [ˈɛmpərəʳ] n → imperatore m

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emperor

n emperor [ˈempərə]

the head of an empire Charlemagne was emperor of a large part of the world; the Emperor Napoleon. keiser إمْبراطور император císař, -ovna kejser der Kaiser αυτοκράτορας emperador; emperadora keiser امپراتور keisari empereur, impératrice קֵיסָר सम्राट् car császár maharaja, kaisar keisari; keisaraynja imperatore, imperatrice 皇帝 황제 imperatorius imperators maharaja keizer keiser, keiserinne cesarz imperador împărat император cisár, -ovná cesar car kejsare จักรพรรดิ์ imparator 皇帝 імператор شہنشاہ hoàng đế 皇帝