as in king
a man who rules an empire
Roman emperors
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Tiara of Empress Eugénie Empress Eugénie was the wife of Napoleon III, the first president, second emperor and last monarch of France.
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Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
These sites cut against the stereotypical image of a critic as an expert dispensing a thumbs-up or thumbs-down like a Roman emperor.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2025
Everyone in the imperium knows the emperor is a nincompoop—and yet no one wants to go out on a limb to criticize him.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2025
As a consequence, manuscripts from the Cotton collection have shelf marks such as Julius D X or Tiberius D III, and lists of such manuscripts are not arranged alphabetically but follow the sequence of Roman emperors.
—Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025
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Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
These sites cut against the stereotypical image of a critic as an expert dispensing a thumbs-up or thumbs-down like a Roman emperor.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2025
Everyone in the imperium knows the emperor is a nincompoop—and yet no one wants to go out on a limb to criticize him.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2025
As a consequence, manuscripts from the Cotton collection have shelf marks such as Julius D X or Tiberius D III, and lists of such manuscripts are not arranged alphabetically but follow the sequence of Roman emperors.
—Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emperor
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In a nutshell, the Trojan prince Paris sails to Sparta to capture Helen, the beautiful wife of the king of Sparta, Menelaus.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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For three long weeks that began to seem rude or impertinent, as if the Prize hadn’t been announced, as if a king and queen weren’t waiting for his answer, Dylan said nothing about the award.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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 truth is that Ian is not a wealthy lord but is the personal secretary of Lord Spencer Braxton.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The title is traditionally given to the sovereign’s eldest son and heir.—
Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa,
FOXNews.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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It's expected that George will follow in his father's footsteps and become the next Prince of Wales, the title traditionally given to the sovereign's eldest son and heir.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
20 Oct. 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 31 Oct. 2025.
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