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De - Pt| English Dictionary: Empress | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for Empress | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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. [bd]Empress of my soul.[b8] --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. | |
