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empress |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Empress \Em"press\, n. [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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: empress n : a woman emperor or the wife of an emperor
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