English > emperor: 4 senses > noun 1, person | Meaning | The male ruler of an empire. |
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| Instances | Francis Joseph, Franz Joseph, Francis Joseph I, Franz Josef I | emperor of Austria and king of Hungary |
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| Genghis Khan, Jinghis Khan, Jenghiz Khan, Temujin | Mongolian emperor whose empire stretched from the Black Sea to the Pacific Ocean (1162-1227) |
| Haile Selassie, Ras Tafari Makonnen, Ras Tafari | emperor of Ethiopia |
| Hirohito, Michinomiya Hirohito | emperor of Japan who renounced his divinity and became a constitutional monarch after Japan surrendered at the end of World War II (1901-1989) |
| Justinian, Justinian I, Justinian the Great | Byzantine emperor who held the eastern frontier of his empire against the Persians |
| Kublai Khan, Kubla Khan, Kublai Kaan | Mongolian emperor of China and grandson of Genghis Khan who completed his grandfather's conquest of China |
| Meiji Tenno, Mutsuhito | emperor of Japan who encouraged the modernization of Japan (1852-1912) |
| Montezuma II | The last Aztec emperor in Mexico who was overthrown and killed by Hernando Cortes (1466-1520) |
| Napoleon, Napoleon I, Napoleon Bonaparte, Bonaparte, Little Corporal | French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821) |
| Napoleon III, Emperor Napoleon III, Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte | nephew of Napoleon I and emperor of the French from 1852 to 1871 (1808-1873) |
| Qin Shi Huang Ti, Ch'in Shih Huang Ti | The first Qin emperor who unified China, built much of the Great Wall, standardized weights and measures, and created a common currency and legal system (died 210 BC) |
| Shah Jahan | Mogul emperor of India during whose reign the finest monuments of Mogul architecture were built (including the Taj Mahal at Agra) (1592-1666) |
| Narrower | Holy Roman Emperor | Sovereign of the Holy Roman Empire |
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| Kaiser | The title / title of the Holy Roman Emperors or the emperors of Austria or of Germany until 1918 |
| Roman Emperor, Emperor of Rome | Sovereign of the Roman Empire |
| Romanov, Romanoff | A member of the imperial family that ruled Russia |
| empress | A woman emperor or the wife of an emperor |
| mikado, tenno | The emperor of Japan |
| Broader | sovereign, crowned head, monarch | A nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right |
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| Spanish | emperador |
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| Catalan | emperador |
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| Adjectives | imperial | befitting or belonging to an emperor or empress |
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| imperial | belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler |
