emperor

Plural: emperors

Noun

• The male ruler of an empire.
• the male ruler of an empire
• red table grape of California
• large moth of temperate forests of Eurasia having heavily scaled transparent wings
• large richly colored butterfly
• The male monarch or ruler of an empire.
• Any monarch ruling an empire, irrespective of gender, with "empress" contrasting to mean the consort of an emperor.
• Specifically, the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire; the world-monarch.
• The fourth trump or major arcana card of the tarot deck.
• A large, relatively valuable marble in children's games.
• Any fish of the family Lethrinidae.
• Any of various butterflies of the subfamily Charaxinae.
• Any of various large dragonflies of the cosmopolitan genus Anax.
• An emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri).

Examples

• He ruled the Words With Friends board like an EMPEROR, dominating every move.
• In imperial China, it was often a responsibility of the emperor to evaluate his predecessor after the latter's death.
• The Investiture Controversy was a conflict between the Emperor and the Pope.

Synonyms

emperor butterfly, emperor moth, Saturnia pavonia

Related Words

empire, empress, imperial, imperialism, imperially