empresses

noun

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plural of empress
as in emperors

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  1. emperors
  2. princes
  3. princesses
  4. moguls
Noun
  • By the late third century, most emperors and many of their top officials rose from the rural peasantry through the ranks of the army.
    Jeffrey E. Schulman / Made by History, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
  • This sequel to Ridley Scott’s 2000 epic substitutes the brother emperors Caracalla and Geta for the original’s Commodus, modeling them not only on him, but on a host of Rome’s other reputedly bloodthirsty despots like Caligula, Nero, and Domitian.
    Jeffrey E. Schulman / Made by History, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of emperors
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  • The cohort will be honored at a virtual ceremony on Thursday, with the princes issuing separate congratulatory messages.
    Janine Henni, People.com, 4 Dec. 2024
  • If this is how princes of the church behave, perhaps the rest of us aren’t so bad after all.
    Graham Hillard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 29 Nov. 2024
Definition of princes
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  • Perched on top of the cake were figures of Disney princesses Cinderella, Belle from Beauty and the Beast and Sleeping Beauty in front of a circle topper behind with the outline of Sleeping Beauty’s castle painted on it.
    Emma Aerin Becker, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Other themes include Marvel, Disney princesses, Star Wars, and Mickey and Minnie.
    Leslie D. Rose, Parents, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of princesses
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  • Tech moguls might hold a grudge when justice is done, but the 118,101 LendUp customers who received more than $40 million of their money back thanks to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau surely feel differently.
    Christine Chen Zinner, Sun Sentinel, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The unidentified woman recently added Jay-Z, whose legal name is Shawn Carter, to her lawsuit against Combs in Manhattan federal court, claiming that she was attacked by the hip-hop moguls in 2000 after Combs' limo driver offered her a ride to an MTV Video Music Awards after-party.
    Brittany Williams, arkansasonline.com, 20 Dec. 2024
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