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empress

noun
🔊/ˈemprəs/
🔊/ˈemprəs/
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  1. a woman who is the ruler of an empire女皇
    • the Empress of Egypt埃及女皇
    Topics Historyc2, People in societyc2
  2. the wife of an emperor皇后
    3. Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French emperesse, feminine of emperere, from Latin imperator ‘military commander’, from imperare ‘to command’, from in- ‘towards’ + parare ‘prepare, contrive’.