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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024em•per•or /ˈɛmpərɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- World Historythe male supreme ruler of an empire.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024em•per•or (em′pər ər),USA pronunciation n. - World Historythe male sovereign or supreme ruler of an empire:the emperors of Rome.
- Printing[Chiefly Brit.]a size of drawing or writing paper, 48 × 72 in. (122 × 183 cm).
- Latin imperātor origin, originally, one who gives orders, ruler, equivalent. to imperā(re) to order, command (im- im-1 + -perāre, combining form of parāre to provide, prepare) + -tor -tor
- Anglo-French; Old French empereor
- Middle English empero(u)r 1175–1225
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: emperor /ˈɛmpərə/ n - a monarch who rules or reigns over an empire
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French empereor, from Latin imperātor commander-in-chief, from imperāre to command, from im- + parāre to make readyˈemperorˌship n |