as in king
a man who rules an empire
Roman emperors
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Season four picks up right where season three left off, as Geralt, Jaskier, and new ally Milva trek toward Nilfgaard, hoping to save Ciri from the clutches of the crusading emperor Emhyr var Emreis.
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Scott Meslow, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
As Robert Kalmey observes, this moment encapsulates what Roman historians thought of as the worst of all of Octavius’s crimes against the state before becoming emperor.
—JSTOR Daily, 23 Oct. 2025
Bao Dai was its last emperor, though not without controversy.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 22 Oct. 2025
The dark moniker was the emperor’s way protect European farmers from the much superior indigo coming in from India.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 22 Oct. 2025
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Scott Meslow, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
As Robert Kalmey observes, this moment encapsulates what Roman historians thought of as the worst of all of Octavius’s crimes against the state before becoming emperor.
—JSTOR Daily, 23 Oct. 2025
Bao Dai was its last emperor, though not without controversy.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 22 Oct. 2025
The dark moniker was the emperor’s way protect European farmers from the much superior indigo coming in from India.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 22 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emperor
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Instead, these rather daring verses were composed by a Hieronymite nun for her beloved vicereine, the wife of the Spanish king’s representative in New Spain.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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That may in itself pose an ongoing risk to the monarchy's reputation if the public feel Andrew is still being protected by the king.—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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When a young woman (Michie Tomizawa) becomes the target of a powerful vampire lord, Count Lee (Seizô Katô) — first in a ruthless countryside attack, later an abduction — D takes it upon himself to save her.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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Petro has repeatedly defended his policy, which moves away from a repressive approach and prioritizes reaching agreements with growers of coca leaf - the raw material for cocaine - to encourage them to switch to other crops, pursuing major drug lords and combating money laundering.—
NPR,
NPR,
24 Oct. 2025
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The royal family has a rich history with the military, and the sovereign always leads the nation at the Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph war memorial in London, a solemn event that working royal family members typically attend.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
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Knighthoods, conferred by the sovereign, represent one of the highest forms of national recognition for service and excellence.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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Why don’t all the rich potentates, sheiks, oligarchs and MAGA dictators meet and fix it?—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
25 June 2025
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With the pandemic, the year-round population of a once-seasonal resort town swelled with Manhattan refugees, those in the Trump orbit, and tech and finance potentates, many of them serious collectors like Ken Griffin and Steve Ross.—
Ben Widdicombe,
Vulture,
12 May 2025
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“Emperor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emperor. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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