empress

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empress - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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     2. A female sovereign.
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     3. A sovereign mistress. "Empress of my soul." --Shak.
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     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.
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empress - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  empress
      n 1: a woman emperor or the wife of an emperor