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Empress vs. Emperor — What's the Difference?

Empress vs. Emperor — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Empress and Emperor

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Empress

The female ruler of an empire.

Emperor

An emperor (from Latin: imperator, via Old French: empereor) is a monarch, and usually the sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm. Empress, the female equivalent, may indicate an emperor's wife (empress consort), mother (empress dowager), or a woman who rules in her own right (empress regnant).

Empress

The wife or widow of an emperor.

Emperor

A sovereign ruler of an empire
He is regarded as one of the greatest Roman emperors
He became emperor in 1930

Empress

The female monarch (ruler) of an empire.
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Emperor

An orange and brown North American butterfly with a swift dodging flight, breeding chiefly on hackberries.

Empress

The wife or widow of an emperor or equated ruler.

Emperor

The male ruler of an empire.

Empress

(tarot) The third trump or major arcana card of most tarot decks.

Emperor

The emperor butterfly.

Empress

(rare) A female chimpanzee.

Emperor

The emperor moth.

Empress

A deciduous tree, Paulownia tomentosa

Emperor

The emperor penguin.

Empress

Rare form of impress

Emperor

The male monarch or ruler of an empire.

Empress

The consort of an emperor.

Emperor

Any monarch ruling an empire, irrespective of gender, with "empress" contrasting to mean the consort of an emperor.

Empress

A female sovereign.

Emperor

(political theory) Specifically, the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire; the world-monarch.
The Investiture Controversy was a conflict between the Emperor and the Pope.

Empress

A sovereign mistress.

Emperor

(tarot) The fourth trump or major arcana card of the tarot deck.

Empress

A woman Emperor or the wife of an Emperor

Emperor

A large, relatively valuable marble in children's games.

Emperor

Any fish of the family Lethrinidae.

Emperor

(entomology) Any of various butterflies of the subfamily Charaxinae.

Emperor

(entomology) Any of various large dragonflies of the cosmopolitan genus Anax.

Emperor

An emperor penguin.

Emperor

The sovereign or supreme monarch of an empire; - a title of dignity superior to that of king; as, the emperor of Germany or of Austria; the emperor or Czar of Russia.

Emperor

The male ruler of an empire

Emperor

Red table grape of California

Emperor

Large moth of temperate forests of Eurasia having heavily scaled transparent wings

Emperor

Large richly colored butterfly

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