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empress

noun
/ˈɛmpɹəs//ɪmˈpɹɛs/

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.

  1. derived from imperatrix
  2. derived from empereriz
  3. inherited from emperice

Definitions

  1. The female monarch (ruler) of an empire.

    • Sit downe by her: adorned with my Crowne, As if thou wert the Empreſſe of the world.

  2. 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.

  3. The third trump or major arcana card of most tarot decks.

  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. A female chimpanzee.

    2. A deciduous tree, Paulownia tomentosa

    3. A fairy chess piece which combines the moves of the rook and the knight.

    4. Rare form of impress.

    5. The title of an empress.

      • Japan’s Empress Michiko, left, being welcomed by Manmohan Singh, prime minister of India, in New Delhi. Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko are in India on a state visit to commemorate the 60th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties.
      • Japan's strict succession rules dictate that only men can inherit the throne, with a government advisory panel backing the tradition in a July vote despite public opinion in favour of allowing Empresses.

    6. A village in Alberta, Canada.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at empress. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at empress. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at empress

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA