Empress

2 definitions found

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

  Empress \Em"press\, n. [OE. empress, emperice, OF. empereis,
     empereris, fr. L. imperatrix, fem. of imperator. See
     {Emperor}.]
     1. The consort of an emperor. --Shak.
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     2. A female sovereign.
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     3. A sovereign mistress. "Empress of my soul." --Shak.
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     {Empress cloth}, a cloth for ladies' dresses, either wholly
        of wool, or with cotton warp and wool weft. It resembles
        merino, but is not twilled.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Empress
       n : a woman Emperor or the wife of an Emperor