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empress

[em-pris] / ˈɛm prɪs /
NOUN
female ruler
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At the same time, she draws inspiration from the women in Ethiopian history who fought for the country’s independence, including an empress who went into battle against the Italian army.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

“Russia and Western Europe converged” under the empress, at least for a short while.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026

In a rare interview, his mother, the former empress Farah Pahlavi told AFP from her home in Paris in written answers to questions there was "no turning back" after the wave of protests.

From Barron's ● Jan. 21, 2026

A crown of the empress Eugénie was left at the scene and is being examined to see if it is damaged.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2025

The girl, who would grow up without a father, was named Theodora, after the scandalous empress of Byzantium whom Sourmelina admired.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

Recording from his home in Pasadena, he has played men and women of all ages, races, nationalities and abilities, as well as “postapocalyptic people living in trees and empresses of fictitious planets,” he notes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2025

I postponed my research on Sims, believing him to be an altruistic outlier who could be a balm in my distressing work: someone who, according to one statue’s inscription, treated “alike empresses and slaves”.

From Nature ● Sep. 17, 2017

Regent uncles, dowager empresses, concubines, brothers… all end up doing the wrong thing.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2012

As explained earlier, a few empresses wielded great power.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012

Many suspected foul play, but certain it is that the outcome inured to the advantage of the two empresses.

From Oriental Women by Edward Bagby Pollard




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