Emperor
['emp(ə)rə] or ['ɛmpərɚ]
Definition
(noun.) large moth of temperate forests of Eurasia having heavily scaled transparent wings.
(noun.) red table grape of California.
(noun.) the male ruler of an empire.
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Definition
(n.) 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.
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Definition
n. the head of the Roman Empire: the highest title of sovereignty:—fem. Em′press.—ns. Em′peror-moth except the Death's-head the largest British moth its expanse of wings being about three inches; Em′perorship; Em′pery empire power.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of going abroad and meeting the emperor of a nation in your travels, denotes that you will make a long journey, which will bring neither pleasure nor much knowledge.
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Examples
- North and west, the emperor's hands were full. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Everybody got out of the way; everybody bowed to the Emperor and his friend the Sultan; and they went by on a swinging trot and disappeared. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The new arrival was the Emperor Dom Pedro of Brazil, who had once visited Bell’s school for deaf-mutes in Boston. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Does the Emperor Napoleon live here now, Ferguson? Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- One of the sons of Murad I embarked on an intrigue with Andronicus, the son of the Greek Emperor, to murder their respective fathers. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- One age followed another until the first years of the eighteenth Christian century saw the reign of Aurungzebe, Emperor of the Moguls. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Her constant visitor was a most sanguine Bonapartist, who had formerly been employed by that emperor as ambassador to the court of Naples. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The emperor at Constantinople was, in theory at least, still emperor. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The emperor and his whole court stood on the shore, expecting the issue of this great adventure. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- The Emperor of Morocco don't know how many wives he has, but thinks he has five hundred. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Then for a while the barbarians were held, and the Emperor Probus in 276 forced the Franks and the Alamanni back over the Rhine. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- These threads are proposed as prizes for those persons whom the emperor has a mind to distinguish by a peculiar mark of his favour. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- With the judges, a group of famous scientific men, and the Emperor’s suite for audience, Bell went to the transmitter at the other end of the wire, while Dom Pedro put the receiver to his ear. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The Orloff diamond, belonging to the Emperor of Russia, weighs 195 carats; the Pitt diamond, among the French crown jewels, 136-1/2. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- France hungry would certainly not endure an emperor. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The relations between the Ottoman Sultans and the Emperors has been singular in the annals of Moslem and Christian states. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Ravenna, near the head of the Adriatic, was the capital of the last Roman emperors in the time of Alaric and Stilicho. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- While Alexander was overrunning Western Asia, China, under the last priest-emperors of the Chow Dynasty, was sinking into a state of great disorder. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It was the accidental misfortune of Germany that her Emperors never remained German. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We shall glance at the extent of this failure in the brief review we shall presently make of the emperors of Rome. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He was also urged to attack the Eastern empire by Genseric the Vandal, who was faced by an alliance of the Western and Eastern emperors. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The rest of the emperors of this period were chiefly adventurers too unimportant to the general scheme of things for us to note. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- C?sar ceased to be the family name of the Roman emperors, and became a title, Divus C?sar, the C?sar god. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But all the later emperors after Diocletian wore diadems and magnificent robes. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Consequently nearly all the more capable emperors set up their headquarters at some subordinate centre in a more convenient position. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Latin and Greek Churches were declared to be reunited, and Latin emperors ruled as conquerors in Constantinople from 1204 to 1261. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Would you depart from the custom of our Prophet, and be as magnificent as those Persian emperors, and descend to hell even as they have done? H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And as a consequence only the hardworking emperors who kept their legions active and in close touch with themselves had long reigns. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- At times there were separate emperors ruling in different parts of the distracted empire. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It was taken over and continued by the British when they became the successors of the Mogul emperors. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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