as in king
a man who rules an empire
Roman emperors
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Recent Examples of emperor
Octavius took the stage name Augustus, consolidated power, and became the first Roman emperor.
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Bill Speros, Boston Herald, 12 June 2025
Now, as artificial intelligence begins automating many of the tasks that filled these positions, the emperor's new clothes are becoming visible to all.
—Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
The SeaWorld family has a long connection with emperors.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 June 2025
The emperor’s power is purely cultural and spiritual.
—Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 8 June 2025
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Bill Speros, Boston Herald, 12 June 2025
Now, as artificial intelligence begins automating many of the tasks that filled these positions, the emperor's new clothes are becoming visible to all.
—Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
The SeaWorld family has a long connection with emperors.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 June 2025
The emperor’s power is purely cultural and spiritual.
—Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 8 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emperor
Noun
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Royal experts emphasized to Fox News Digital there's no reason to believe the king will abdicate anytime soon due to any health concerns.—
Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa,
FOXNews.com,
23 June 2025
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Fought from 1701 to 1714, the conflict centered on who would inherit the Spanish throne after the Habsburg king Charles II died without an heir.—
Aurora Martínez,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 June 2025
Noun
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The footage jumped between a struggling local township and its wealthy local lords, both equally besieged by epidemics of disease.—
Kambole Campbell,
Variety,
10 June 2025
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But before you were born, corridos were about Pancho Villa — not drug lords.—
Leila Cobo,
Billboard,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Elizabeth also met Trump and Melania on July 13, 2018, at Windsor Castle, where the president made waves by walking in front of the monarch while inspecting the Guard of Honor, widely interpreted as a breach of protocol around the sovereign.—
Simon Perry,
People.com,
25 June 2025
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Rather, he was sent to the island of Elba, where he was allowed to retain the title of emperor and rule the island as a sovereign.—
Oona A. Hathaway,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
Noun
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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 8 Jul. 2025.
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