as in king
a man who rules an empire
Roman emperors
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Divided into five sections, the exhibit begins with objects from the Neolithic period some 4,000 years ago and ends with five figures discovered in the burial chamber of the Qin Dynasty emperor placed underground 200 years BCE.
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Penny E Schwartz, Oc Register, 20 Sep. 2025
But this wasn’t a case of the emperor having no clothes, Figgis makes clear.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 19 Sep. 2025
By the finale, the galactic chessboard is crowded with players—emperors, rebels, prophets, impostors—but as Hari Seldon (Jared Harris) warned in the very first episode, the center cannot hold.
—Jp Mangalindan, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
What will Bayta do with a young emperor?
—Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2025
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Penny E Schwartz, Oc Register, 20 Sep. 2025
But this wasn’t a case of the emperor having no clothes, Figgis makes clear.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 19 Sep. 2025
By the finale, the galactic chessboard is crowded with players—emperors, rebels, prophets, impostors—but as Hari Seldon (Jared Harris) warned in the very first episode, the center cannot hold.
—Jp Mangalindan, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
What will Bayta do with a young emperor?
—Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emperor
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The king will reportedly insist on a lower profile.—
Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa,
FOXNews.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement In a sign of remarkable growth, Heon no longer vies for power, but rather vows to kill his uncle to ensure that his half-brother, Jin-myeong, can perhaps grow to be the sage king Heon never truly was.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The 33rd Folsom Renaissance Faire and Joust is keeping the 17th and 18th century Europe celebrations going in Folsom in a two-day event that features lords, knights, jousting competitions and full-armored combat.—
Marcus Smith,
Sacbee.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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The forces of the lords put down the revolt by slaying somewhere between seventy thousand and a hundred thousand peasants.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Sep. 2025
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Following the meeting, Buckingham Palace confirmed that the sovereign had a private tea at Clarence House, his London home, with the Duke of Sussex and said no additional details would be shared.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
18 Sep. 2025
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Eighty soldiers from the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment rode alongside the carriages as part of the sovereign’s escort.—
Chantal Da Silva,
NBC news,
17 Sep. 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 4 Oct. 2025.
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