Emperor

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Emperor \Em"per*or\, n. [OF. empereor, empereour, F. empereur,
     L. imperator, fr. imperare to command; in in + parare to
     prepare, order. See {Parade}, and cf. {Imperative},
     {Empress}.]
     The sovereign or supreme monarch of an empire; -- a title of
     dignity superior to that of king; as, the emperor of Germany


     or of Austria; the emperor or Czar of Russia.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Emperor goose} (Zo["o]l.), a large and handsome goose
        ({Philacte canagica}), found in Alaska.
  
     {Emperor moth} (Zo["o]l.), one of several large and beautiful
        bombycid moths, with transparent spots on the wings; as
        the American Cecropia moth ({Platysamia cecropia}), and
        the European species ({Saturnia pavonia}).
  
     {Emperor paper}. See under {Paper}.
  
     {Purple emperor} (Zo["o]l.), a large, strong British
        butterfly ({Apatura iris}).
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Emperor
       n 1: the male ruler of an empire
       2: red table grape of California
       3: large moth of temperate forests of Eurasia having heavily
          scaled transparent wings [syn: {emperor moth}, {Saturnia
          pavonia}]
       4: large richly colored butterfly [syn: {emperor butterfly}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  27 Moby Thesaurus words for "emperor":
     anointed king, chief, chieftain, crowned head, dynast, grand duke,
     high chief, imperator, king, king-emperor, kinglet, lord paramount,
     majesty, monarch, overlord, paramount, petty king, potentate,
     prince, prince consort, royal, royal personage, royalty, ruler,
     sovereign, suzerain, tetrarch
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  EMPEROR, an officer. This word is synonymous with the Latin imperator; they 
  are both derived from the. verb imperare. Literally, it signifies he who 
  commands. 
       2. Under the Roman republic, the title emperor was the generic name 
  given to the commanders-in-chief in the armies. But even then the 
  application of the word was restrained to the successful commander, who was 
  declared emperor by the acclamations of the army, and was afterwards honored 
  with the title by a decree of the senate. 3. It, is now used to designate 
  some sovereign prince who bears this title. Ayl. Pand. tit. 23.