EMPRESSES

Noun

empresses

plural of empress

plural of empresse

Verb

empresses

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of empress

Source: Wiktionary


EMPRESS

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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