empress
noun
- type of monarch
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈɛmpɹəs/ / /ɪmˈpɹɛs/
name
Etymology: From empress. The village was named in 1913 for Queen Victoria, who was Empress of India.
- A village in Alberta, Canada.
noun
Etymology: From Middle English emperice, emperesse, from Anglo-Norman and Old French empereriz, from Latin imperatrix, equivalent to emperor + -ess. Doublet of imperatrix. Compare modern French impératrice.
- The female monarch (ruler) of an empire.
“Sit downe by her: adorned with my Crowne, As if thou wert the Empreſſe of the world.”
- The wife or widow of an emperor or equated ruler.
“Empress, imperial regent, and even emperor herself (r. 797–802), Irene was an important and powerful figure at the Byzantine court in the late eighth and early ninth century.”
- The third trump or major arcana card of most tarot decks.
- A female chimpanzee.
- A deciduous tree, Paulownia tomentosa
- A fairy chess piece which combines the moves of the rook and the knight.
verb
Etymology: From Middle English empresse, from Anglo-Norman enpresser (“to press, to imprint”), from Old French empresser. Attested from the 15th or late 14th century.
- Rare form of impress.