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a man who rules an empire
Roman emperors
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Recent Examples of emperor
In a final act of capitulation, the seven-year-old Song emperor, Zhao Bing, drowned himself to evade capture by the Mongol navy.
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Scott Travers, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
The Holy Roman Empire is seeing the end of the longest ruling emperor, Basil II.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 17 Feb. 2025
In 1631, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan commissioned the white marble mausoleum to honor his late wife, Mumtaz Mahal, who died during childbirth earlier that year.
—Gulnaz Khan, AFAR Media, 13 Feb. 2025
The mountain is a significant landmark in Shinto mythology, because Ninigi—the grandson of the sun goddess Amaterasu—is said to have descended there to become the first ruler of Japan, establishing the divinity of all emperors thereafter.
—Kevin Chroust, Outside Online, 5 Feb. 2025
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Scott Travers, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
The Holy Roman Empire is seeing the end of the longest ruling emperor, Basil II.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 17 Feb. 2025
In 1631, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan commissioned the white marble mausoleum to honor his late wife, Mumtaz Mahal, who died during childbirth earlier that year.
—Gulnaz Khan, AFAR Media, 13 Feb. 2025
The mountain is a significant landmark in Shinto mythology, because Ninigi—the grandson of the sun goddess Amaterasu—is said to have descended there to become the first ruler of Japan, establishing the divinity of all emperors thereafter.
—Kevin Chroust, Outside Online, 5 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emperor
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Marlene Daut’s deep dive into Haiti’s first — and only — king reads like a historical novel of a bygone era with Black princes and knights, an elaborate dress code and a palace, Sans-Souci, to match.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
20 Mar. 2025
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It’s also made this former video-store clerk the king of all content.—
Ramin Setoodeh,
Variety,
19 Mar. 2025
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In a June 2024 TikTok, Magnus rated moments from his childhood, including the time Will showed up to his prom dressed as a medieval lord.—
Jane LaCroix,
People.com,
8 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile, his nemesis, the criminal lord Wilson Fisk (Vincent D’Onofrio), born again in his own way following the events of Hawkeye and Echo, mounts a run for the New York City mayoral office.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
4 Mar. 2025
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The former England soccer captain is an ambassador for The King's Foundation, the sovereign's longtime charity promoting sustainability through practical training, which sent students and alumni to the glam banquet before the King and Queen's trip to Italy in April.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
11 Mar. 2025
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No longer would the sovereign have to beg for funds.—
Andrew Cockburn,
Harper's Magazine,
20 Aug. 2024
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The cover of the first issue of The New Yorker, dated Feb. 21, 1925, carried no portraits of potentates or tycoons, no headlines, no come-ons.—
Christopher B. Daly,
The Conversation,
11 Feb. 2025
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Or were all those billionaire potentates in the Capitol Rotunda — seated in front of Trump’s Cabinet picks — asserting their social, economic and cultural hegemony?—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jan. 2025
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“Emperor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emperor. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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