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empress

American  
[em-pris] / ˈɛm prɪs /

noun

  1. a female ruler of an empire.

  2. the consort of an emperor.

empress British  
/ 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

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Gender

See -ess.

Etymology

Origin of empress

1125–75; Middle English emperice, emperesse < Anglo-French; Old French emperesse, empereriz < Latin imperātrīcem, accusative of imperātrix, feminine of imperātor. See emperor, -trix

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