as in king
a man who rules an empire
Roman emperors
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Recent Examples of emperor
The second phase took place around 260 A.D. when another Roman emperor renovated the fort.
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Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2025
They would be used in the pivotal scene in which Darth Vader (James Earl Jones) communicates with the emperor (as a holographic projection).
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 26 Mar. 2025
For centuries, the Chinese believed that their land was the center of the world and that their emperor held the mandate of heaven to govern it.
—Margaret MacMillan, The Atlantic, 30 Apr. 2025
Was Trump thinking that the emperor can do no wrong?
—Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
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Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2025
They would be used in the pivotal scene in which Darth Vader (James Earl Jones) communicates with the emperor (as a holographic projection).
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 26 Mar. 2025
For centuries, the Chinese believed that their land was the center of the world and that their emperor held the mandate of heaven to govern it.
—Margaret MacMillan, The Atlantic, 30 Apr. 2025
Was Trump thinking that the emperor can do no wrong?
—Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emperor
Noun
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Are all these things part of a vision of becoming the king of pop?—
Laia Garcia-Furtado,
Vogue,
1 May 2025
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The king traveled to Italy the following month with Queen Camilla for a four-day state visit that saw Charles deliver an address to the Italian parliament.—
William James,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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Should formal proclamations even be a thing that’s expected from celebrities in the year of our lord Lesbian Jesus 2025?—
Sam Manzella,
Them.,
23 Apr. 2025
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The agent and the drug lords Camarena, who was born in Mexico but raised in Calexico, was 37 years old on Feb. 7, 1985, when five gunmen abducted him off the street in Guadalajara near the U.S. Consulate.—
Alex Riggins,
Mercury News,
30 Mar. 2025
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The sovereign also said then that William was the new Duke of Cornwall, inheriting possession of the royal family's famed estate worth $1 billion and its holdings.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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The sovereign had met Pope Francis during a state visit to Italy at the beginning of April.—
Blanche Marcel,
Glamour,
28 Apr. 2025
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But in his mid-80s, King George ponders whether to abdicate and devote his remaining days to finding female companionship (the aging potentate remains potent with the help of Viagra and similar pharmaceuticals).—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
5 May 2025
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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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“Emperor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emperor. Accessed 16 May. 2025.
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