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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
| empress |
| SYLLABICATION: | em·press |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   m pr s |
| NOUN: | 1. The woman ruler of an empire. 2. The wife or widow of an emperor. |
| ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English emperesse, from Old French, feminine of empereor, emperor. See emperor. |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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