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imperatrix

noun

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin imperātrīx. By surface analysis, imperate + -trix. Doublet of empress.

  1. derived from imperatrix

Definitions

  1. Female equivalent of imperator

    Female equivalent of imperator: empress.

    • When I went back, years and years later, she was a drunken, painted sham, still thinking herself the imperatrix of Mareshank, pretending sweet in that broken-down big house. I'd gone north, married, traveled the world.

  2. The reigning empress

    The reigning empress; Female equivalent of Imperator.

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