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empress

[em-pris] / ˈɛm prɪs /
NOUN
female ruler
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Empress Masako, a former high-flying diplomat, struggled for years with a stress-related illness after joining the household, which some have put down to the pressure to have a boy.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

The Sea Empress disaster could have been much worse.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

Andy Warhol traveled to Iran to paint Empress Farah in 1977.

From Salon • Jan. 22, 2026

Among them are an emerald-and-diamond necklace that Napoleon I gave his second wife, Empress Marie-Louise, and a diadem that once belonged to the Empress Eugenie, which is dotted with nearly 2,000 diamonds.

From Barron's • Nov. 1, 2025

“Big ones. They are the daughters of ’Er Majesty, Queen Victoria, Queen of England and Empress of India.”

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck




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