empress
pronunciation
How to pronounce empress in British English:
UK [ˈemprəs]
How to pronounce empress in American English:
US [ˈɛmprɪs]
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- Noun:
- a woman Emperor or the wife of an Emperor
Word Origin
- empress (n.)
- mid-12c., emperice, from Old French emperesse, fem. of emperere (see emperor). Queen Victoria in 1876 became one as "Empress of India."
Antonym
Example
- 1. He was then appointed by napoleon iii to pack the dresses of the empress eugenie .
- 2. The stone column rising from the square commemorates the empress , not the slaves .
- 3. Barring the odd empress , china is historically not a very glorious place to be a woman .
- 4. In today 's painting , we can almost touch the texture of the dress and the cloth of the empress ......
- 5. A simple gouache , painted in 1762 by one of marie-antoinette 's sisters , depicts the emperor relaxing in his robe and slippers , while the empress fusses overher brood .