empress

noun

Definition of empressnext
as in emperor

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Recent Examples of empress Archaeologists subsequently uncovered a platform at the site with statue bases inscribed with the names of 14 Roman emperors and empresses. — Patricia Failing, ARTnews.com, 21 Oct. 2024 Directed by Scott's son, Jake Scott, Kelce stars in the commercial as a gladiator alongside the other athletes and Megan, 29, who plays an empress. — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2024 Partnering with Pepsi, the Houston rapper sits as an empress, celebrating the return of the NFL season and the release of Paramount Pictures’ Gladiator II in theaters this fall. — Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 5 Sep. 2024 But in all the nation's imperial history, there has never been a single emperor or empress from the matrilineal line, said Japan Today. — Harriet Marsden, The Week Uk, theweek, 1 May 2024 See All Example Sentences for empress
Recent Examples of Synonyms for empress
  1. emperor
  2. prince
  3. princess
  4. queen
  5. king
  6. sultan
  7. czar
  8. satrap
Noun
  • For a few months during the winter of 1803 to 1804, Napoleon Bonaparte showed the tapestry at the Napoleon Museum, as the Louvre was briefly known during the French emperor’s reign.
    — Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Mar. 2025
  • The fruit was heralded as far back as the year 1279 as the preferred fruit of the royal court and emperors.
    — Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2025
Definition of emperor
Noun
  • In addition to the titles of prince and princess, Jacques is also the Marquis of Baux and Gabriella is the Countess of Carladès.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2025
  • They were granted the titles of prince and princess after their grandfather, 76, ascended to the throne in 2022.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 4 Mar. 2025
Definition of prince
Noun
  • Last year, the princess and her family moved back to Sweden after living in Florida in recent years.
    — Meredith Kile, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Additionally, for its axing of a transgender storyline in the show Win or Lose, its casting of an openly Christian character in the same show, and pulling the plug on its Tiana princess series which would have featured Disney's first Black princess.
    — Marni Rose McFall, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of princess
Noun
  • While Jon is bound to leadership by a sense of duty, Daenerys sees herself as a liberator, a queen steeped in moral righteousness who freed slaves across the sea for the greater good.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 14 July 2017
  • THE TRENDSETTER Salt & Straw is the homecoming queen of ice cream in LA.
    — Cole Kazdin, Los Angeles Magazine, 14 July 2017
Definition of queen
Noun
  • Following his father’s death, T’Challa returns home to Wakanda, a secretive nation with impressive technological advancements, to take his place as king.
    — Jacqueline Weiss, People.com, 8 Mar. 2025
  • And a civilization in ancient Mesopotamia saw the blood red moon as a bad omen for the king.
    — Adithi Ramakrishnan, Chicago Tribune, 8 Mar. 2025
Definition of king
Noun
  • This mosque also holds the tombs of the commissioning sultan, his wife Haseki Hürrem, and Mimar Sinan himself. Kılıç Ali Paşa Mosque The Kılıç Ali Paşa Mosque is an example of how versatile Mimar Sinan was as an architect.
    — Kaitlyn McInnis, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
  • The Blue Mosque was built by Sultan Ahmet I, the Ottoman Empire’s sultan between 1603 and 1617.
    — Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of sultan
Noun
  • Their naming of a fentanyl czar in Canada is important.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 9 Mar. 2025
  • From the White House, count on seeing the venture capitalist and Trump crypto czar David Sacks, digital assets task force leader Bo Hines and acting chairman of the SEC Mark Uyeda.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN, 7 Mar. 2025
Definition of czar
Noun
  • By contrast, given Russia's dominant role in the CU, joining that group would transform Yanukovych into a satrap of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, whom Yanukovych regards as the avatar of Russian arrogance.
    — Rajan Menon, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2011
  • The quick collapse of the Soviet Union and its Eastern European satraps unsettled both nations.
    — Christian Schneider, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
Definition of satrap

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