Emperor

Em′per-or

,

Noun.

[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.

Emperor goose

(Zoöl.)

,

a large and handsome goose (

Philacte canagica

), found in Alaska.

–

Emperor moth

(Zoöl.)

,

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

(Zoöl.)

,

a large, strong British butterfly (

Apatura iris

).

Emperor

EM'PEROR

,

Noun.

[L. imperator, from impero, to command.]

Literally, the commander of an army. In modern times, the sovereign or supreme monarch of an empire; a title of dignity superior to that of king; as the emperor of Germany or of Russia.

Emperor

See also: emperor

English

Proper noun

Emperor

The title of an emperor.

emperor

See also: Emperor

English

Alternative forms

emperour (obsolete)

Noun

emperor ‎(plural emperors, feminine empress)

The male monarch or ruler of an empire.
(medieval political theory) Specifically, the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire; the world-monarch.
The Investiture Controversy was a conflict between the Emperor and the Pope.
A large, relatively valuable marble in children's games.
- 2001, Paul Webley, The economic psychology of everyday life (page 39)
  But marbles are not only used to play games: they are also traded. In this market, the value of the different kinds of marbles (oilies, emperors, etc.) is determined by local supply and demand and not by the price of the marbles […]

Usage notes

An emperor is generally addressed as His Imperial Majesty.

Derived terms

Terms derived from emperor

Related terms

Terms etymologically related to emperor

Translations

ruler of an empire

Albanian: perandor (sq) m
Arabic: قَيْصَر m ‎(qayṣar), إِمْبْرَاطُور m ‎(ʾimbrāṭūr)
Armenian: կայսր (hy) ‎(kaysr)
Old Armenian: կայսր ‎(kaysr), կեսար ‎(kesar)
Aromanian: ampirat m
Asturian: emperador m
Azeri: imperator
Belarusian: імпера́тар m ‎(impjerátar), цар m ‎(car) (tsar)
Bengali: সম্রাট ‎(sômraṭ)
Breton: impalaer
Bulgarian: импера́тор (bg) m ‎(imperátor), цар (bg) m ‎(car) (tsar)
Burmese: ဧကရာဇ် (my) ‎(eka.raj)
Catalan: emperador (ca) m
Chinese:

Cantonese: 皇帝 ‎(wong⁴ dai³)

Dungan: хуанди ‎(huandi)

Mandarin: 皇帝 (zh) ‎(huángdì), 帝王 (zh) ‎(dìwáng), 天皇 (zh) ‎(tiānhuáng) (of Japan)
Czech: císař (cs) m
Danish: kejser (da) c
Dutch: keizer (nl) m
Esperanto: imperiestro
Estonian: keiser (et), imperaator
Extremaduran: emperaol m
Finnish: keisari (fi)
French: empereur (fr) m
Friulian: imperadôr m
Galician: emperador m
Georgian: იმპერატორი ‎(imṗeraṭori)
German: Kaiser (de) m, Imperator m
Greek: αυτοκράτορας (el) m ‎(aftokrátoras)
Ancient: αὐτοκράτωρ m ‎(autokrátōr), καῖσαρ m ‎(kaîsar), αὐτάναξ m ‎(autánax)
Hebrew: קֵיסָר (he) m ‎(keysar)
Hindi: सम्राट m ‎(samrāṭ)
Hungarian: császár (hu)
Icelandic: keisari (is) m
Ido: cezaro (io)
Indonesian: kaisar (id), maharaja (id)
Interlingua: imperator
Irish: impire m
Italian: imperatore (it) m
Japanese: 皇帝 (ja) ‎(こうてい, kōtei) (Emperor in general), 帝王 (ja) ‎(ていおう, teiō) (general term for emperor or monarch), 天皇 (ja) ‎(てんのう, tennō) (Emperor of Japan)
Kazakh: император ‎(ïmperator)
Khmer: អធិរាជ (km) ‎(atʰiriech), ព្រះចៅអធិរាជ ‎(preah chav atʰiriech), រាជាធិរាជ ‎(riechie tʰiriech)
Korean: 황제 (ko) ‎(hwangje), 천황 (ko) ‎(cheonhwang) (of Japan)
Kurdish:
Kurmanji: emperator (ku), qeyser (ku)
Kyrgyz: император (ky) ‎(imperator)
Lao: ຈັກກະພັດ ‎(chak ka phat), ຈັກກະວັດ ‎(chak ka wat), ນໍຣິນ ‎(nǭ rin), ນໍລິນ ‎(nǭ lin), ຣາເຊນ ‎(rā sēn)
Latin: imperātor (la) m
Latvian: imperators m, ķeizars

Lithuanian: imperatorius m, ciesorius m
Luxembourgish: Keeser
Macedonian: импера́тор m ‎(imperátor), цар m ‎(car) (tsar)
Malay: kaisar, maharaja, khakan
Malayalam: സാമ്രാട്ട് ‎(sāmrāṭṭ)
Mandinka: mansa
Manx: ard-ree m
Maori: emepara, epara
Marathi: सम्राट m ‎(samrāṭ)
Mongolian: эзэн хаан ‎(ezen haan)
Norman: empéreu m
Norwegian:

Bokmål: keiser (no) m

Nynorsk: keisar m
Occitan: emperador (oc) m
Old Provençal: emperador
Persian: امپراطور (fa) ‎(emperâtor)
Polish: imperator (pl) m, cesarz (pl) m
Portuguese: imperador (pt) m
Punjabi: ਸਮਰਾਟ ‎(samrāṭ)
Quechua: qhapaq
Romanian: împărat (ro) m
Romansch: imperatur m, imperataur m, imperatour m, caiser m
Russian: импера́тор (ru) m ‎(imperátor), царь (ru) m ‎(carʹ) (tsar)
Scottish Gaelic: ìmpire
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: ца̏р m, импѐра̄тор m, це̏са̄р m

Latin: cȁr (sh) m, impèrātor (sh) m, cȅsār (sh) m
Sicilian: mpiraturi
Slovak: cisár (sk) m, cár (sk) m (of Russia, Bulgaria)
Slovene: cêsar (sl) m, imperátor m
Sorbian:

Lower Sorbian: kejžor m

Upper Sorbian: kejžor m
Spanish: emperador (es) m
Swahili: kaisari
Swedish: kejsare (sv)
Tagalog: baginda, emperador (tl)
Tajik: император ‎(imperator)
Thai: จักรพรรดิ ‎(jàk-grà-pát), ฮ่องเต้ ‎(hɔ̂ng-dtêe) (emperor of China)
Turkish: imparator (tr), ilhan (tr)
Turkmen: imperator
Ukrainian: імпера́тор m ‎(imperátor), цар (uk) m ‎(car) (tsar)
Urdu: سمراٹ m ‎(samrāṭ)
Uzbek: imperator (uz)
Venetian: inperadore, inperador
Vietnamese: hoàng đế (vi), thiên hoàng (of Japan)
Vilamovian: kazer m
Walloon: impreur (wa) m
Welsh: ymerawdwr
Yiddish: קײסער m ‎(keyser)

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