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Politics portal. v. t. e. Gaius Octavianus Caesar "Augustus", or simply Augustus, was the first emperor of the Roman Empire, reigning from 27 BC until his death in AD 14. The word emperor (from Latin: imperator, via Old French: empereor) [1] can mean the male ruler of an empire.
An empress is either a female emporer or the wife of an emporer. Either way, it's a powerful woman. There are a lot of words that have gender built into them, like fireman and waitress. Another is empress, which is a female emperor. An emperor is like a king: a person with absolute power over a country.
noun [ C ] uk / ˈem.prəs / us / ˈem.prəs / Add to word list. a female ruler of an empire, or the wife of a male ruler of an empire. Compare. emperor. Examples. Queen Victoria was Empress of India as well as Queen of Great Britain. We visited the tomb of Zhu Yijun and his two empresses. Empress Josephine's marriage to Napoleon was dissolved in 1809.
Empress definition: a female ruler of an empire.. See examples of EMPRESS used in a sentence.
Definition of empress noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Britannica Dictionary definition of EMPRESS. [count] 1. : the wife or widow of an emperor. the Emperor and Empress of Japan. 2. : a woman who rules an empire. Catherine the Great was Empress of Russia. — compare emperor.
4 days ago · empress in British English. (ˈɛmprɪs ) noun. 1. the wife or widow of an emperor. 2. a woman who holds the rank of emperor in her own right. 3. a woman of great power and influence.
