EMPRESS

empress

(noun) a woman emperor or the wife of an emperor

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

empress (plural empresses)

The female monarch (ruler) of an empire.

The wife or widow of an emperor or equated ruler.

(tarot) The third trump or major arcana card of most tarot decks.

(rare) A female chimpanzee.

A deciduous tree, Paulownia tomentosa

Etymology 2

Verb

empress (third-person singular simple present empresses, present participle empressing, simple past and past participle empressed)

Rare form of impress.

Etymology

Named in 1913 for Queen Victoria, who was Empress of India.

Proper noun

Empress

A village in Alberta, Canada.

Source: Wiktionary

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Em"press, n. Etym: [OE. empress, emperice, OF. empereis, empereris, fr. L. imperatrix, fem. of imperator. See Emperor.]

1. The consort of an emperor. Shak.

2. A female sovereign.

3. A sovereign mistress. "Empress of my soul." Shak. Empress cloth, a cloth for ladies' dresses, either wholly of wool, or with cotton warp and wool weft. It resembles merino, but is not twilled.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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