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empress
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
empress
(noun)
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empress
/
ˈ
ɛmprəs/
noun
plural
empresses
empress
/
ˈ
ɛmprəs/
noun
plural
empresses
Learner's definition of EMPRESS
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1
:
the wife or widow of an emperor
the Emperor and
Empress
of Japan
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2
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a woman who rules an empire
Catherine the Great was
Empress
of Russia.
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