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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[OE.

empress

emperice

, OF.

empereis

empereris

, fr. L.

imperatrix

, fem. of

imperator

. See

The consort of an emperor.

Shak.

A female sovereign.

A sovereign mistress.

“Empress of my soul.”

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.

Noun.

[Contracted from emperess. See Emperor.] The consort or spouse of an emperor.

A female who governs an empire; a female invested with imperial power or sovereignty.