Hypertext Webster Gateway: "empress"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Empress \Em"press\, n. [OE. empress, emperice, OF. empereis,
empereris, fr. L. imperatrix, fem. of imperator. See
{Emperor}.]
1. The consort of an emperor. --Shak.
2. A female sovereign.
3. A sovereign mistress. ``Empress of my soul.'' --Shak.
{Empress cloth}, a cloth for ladies' dresses, either wholly
of wool, or with cotton warp and wool weft. It resembles
merino, but is not twilled.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Empress
n : a woman Emperor or the wife of an Emperor [syn: {Empress}]
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