emperor
pronunciation
How to pronounce emperor in British English:
UK [ˈempərə(r)]
How to pronounce emperor in American English:
US [ˈempərər]
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- Noun:
- red table grape of California
- large moth of temperate forests of Eurasia having heavily scaled transparent wings
- large richly colored butterfly
Word Origin
- emperor
- emperor: see empire
- emperor (n.)
- early 13c., from Old French empereor "emperor, leader, ruler" (11c.; accusative; nominative emperere; Modern French empereur), from Latin imperiatorem (nominative imperiator) "commander, emperor," from past participle stem of imperare "to command" (see empire). Originally a title conferred by vote of the Roman army on a successful general, later by the Senate on Julius and Augustus Caesar and adopted by their successors except Tiberius and Claudius. In the Middle Ages, applied to rulers of China, Japan, etc.; non-historical European application in English had been only to the Holy Roman Emperors (who in German documents are called kaiser), from late 13c., until in 1804 Napoleon took the title "Emperor of the French."
Antonym
Example
- 1. Q : kind of like your last emperor role ?
- 2. Emperor penguin adults and chicks leave their colonies in the late antarctic summer .
- 3. Besides he also did well in emperor painting .
- 4. Even before the emperor 's club scandal , his status was dubious .
- 5. Tea was 18th century chinese emperor chien lung 's favorite drink .