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emperor/ˈempərə(r)/
noun
  • 1 the ruler of an empire.
  • 2 in names of certain large, strikingly marked butterflies, e.g. purple emperor.
– derivatives
emperorship noun.
– origin ME: from OFr. emperere, from L. imperator ‘military commander’, from imperare ‘to command’.



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