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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

2 entries under this word

Empress

Em'per-ess, n.

noun

n. The same as EMPRESS.

Ĕm'press, n.

noun

n. [Contracted from emperess. See EMPEROR.]

  1. The consort or spouse of an emperor.
  2. A female who governs an empire; a female invested with imperial power or sovereignty.