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   Em·per·or

   /ˈemp(ə)rər/

   

   noun

   • 1. a sovereign ruler of great power and rank, especially one ruling an empire: "he became emperor in 1930"
   • 2. an orange and brown North American butterfly with a swift dodging flight, breeding chiefly on hackberries.

   Word Origin Middle English (especially representing the title given to the head of the Roman Empire): from Old French emperere, from Latin imperator ‘military commander’, from imperare ‘to command’, from in- ‘towards’ + parare ‘prepare, contrive’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. emperorship noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

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