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单词 empress
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
em•press /ˈɛmprɪs/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. World Historya female ruler of an empire.
  2. World Historythe wife of an emperor.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
em•press  (em′pris),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. World Historya female ruler of an empire.
  2. World Historythe consort of an emperor.
  • Latin imperātrīcem, accusative of imperātrix, feminine of imperātor. See emperor, -trix
  • Anglo-French; Old French emperesse, empereriz
  • Middle English emperice, emperesse 1125–75
    See -ess. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
empress /ˈɛmprɪs/ n
  1. the wife or widow of an emperor
  2. a woman who holds the rank of emperor in her own right
Etymology: 12th Century: from Old French empereriz, from Latin imperātrix feminine of imperātor emperor
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