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emperor

noun

Definition of emperor

as in king

a man who rules an empire Roman emperors

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Recent Examples of emperor The three-and-a-half-foot-tall marble fragment depicts only the emperor’s torso, adorned in an elegant bronze cuirass. — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 22 Oct. 2026 The play follows a press secretary to the Roman emperors, played by Annaleigh Ashford in the New York production opposite Joe Tapper as a journalist, with Christopher Ryan Grant as a nameless imperial official. — Mariah Kreutter, New York Times, 22 Oct. 2026 Napoleon Bonaparte, having already lost half a million soldiers in Russia, was still an emperor dreaming of new conquests. — Literary Hub, 13 Oct. 2026 The emperor was installed in Tokyo as the absolute ruler (on paper, at least), and Japan modernized at breakneck speed. — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for emperor

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Crowning yourself king of the hyper-SUV world requires more than just a legendary badge.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2026
The coast could be particularly hammered if the exceptionally high king tides coincide with strong winter storms.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026

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In early English law, the silva forestis was a place for lords to chase game and for ordinary people to gather wood.

— James Whorton Jr, Longreads, 13 Oct. 2026
Colombian police have arrested the wife and daughter of one of Ecuador's most powerful drug lords who was extradited to the United States last year, President Abelardo de la Espriella said Sunday.

— CBS News, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026

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The Crown Estate is an independent company established by Parliament to manage a vast portfolio of properties throughout the United Kingdom that is nominally owned by the sovereign during his lifetime but is operated for the benefit of taxpayers.

— Danica Kirka, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
Only three African sovereigns hold investment grade ratings, according to a background note from the AU’s African Peer Review Mechanism (ARPM).

— Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of sovereign

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The main drama involves a rural teen-age tee girl who recognizes the resort’s president as the potentate who evicted her family from their land.

— Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2026
With 775 rooms, the palace also provides office space for the royal bureaucracy and hosts lavish state dinners for visiting presidents and potentates.

— CBS News, CBS News, 26 June 2026

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