emperor
emperor Lexical Profile
emperor Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A sovereign ruler of great power and rank, especially one ruling an empire.
"The ancient Roman emperor commissioned the construction of massive public aqueducts and amphitheaters across the provinces."
Any of various large, carnivorous marine perciform fishes of the family Lethrinidae, native to tropical Indo-Pacific coastal waters and coral reefs, valued as food and game fish.
"Local fishermen in the Indo-Pacific lagoon often catch coral trout and redthroat emperor along the outer reef edge."
An emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri), the tallest and heaviest of all living penguin species, endemic to Antarctica and distinguished by yellow-orange ear patches and breeding during the Antarctic winter.
"The documentary crew braved freezing winds to film the emperor incubating its single egg on the Antarctic sea ice."
Any of several large, brightly colored brush-footed butterflies of the subfamily Apaturinae (family Nymphalidae), noted for the iridescent purple sheen on the wings of the males, or certain large saturniid moths.
"During our walk through the oak woodland, we spotted a purple emperor gliding high among the treetops."
• Rhymes for emperor
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Old French empereor, from Latin imperator ('commander, general, emperor'), derived from the verb imperare ('to command, order').
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