The female monarch (ruler) of an empire.
Used in a Sentence
empress
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for empress.
Editorial note
As a female emperor, not empress, Wu Zetian was under constant threat of coups and uprisings.
Examples18
Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
The female monarch (ruler) of an empire.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of empress gathered in one view.
The wife or widow of an emperor or equated ruler.
A deciduous tree, Paulownia tomentosa
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for empress.
noun
The female monarch (ruler) of an empire.
noun
The wife or widow of an emperor or equated ruler.
noun
A deciduous tree, Paulownia tomentosa
noun
The title of an empress.
Example sentences
As a female emperor, not empress, Wu Zetian was under constant threat of coups and uprisings.
Based on this: Emmy was the ship's cat on the RMS Empress of Ireland.
The crew could not coax her aboard and the Empress left without her.
The Empress of China, a landmark restaurant of Chinatown since the 60's, closed at the end of last year to make way for offices.
All hail Empress Elizabeth II, terror of all the known world?
You are right, the emperor/empress really has no clothes on.
I also like an empress although part of the fun comes from her rantings.
This is what this post meant to me: I want to be a soul-less cyborg empress given the ultimate in life by mechanical minions.
And Queen Victoria was the Empress of India.
:-) But it is wasted of course, no idealist changes his/her mind just because they learn that their empress is naked.
The gay kids being executed by Iran are not cursing the name of America, or Empress Maria Theresa of Austria, they're cursing the ghouls who are hanging them, who are their countrymen.
The Tang and Song dynasties (including the Sui and empress Wu) then took over and completed many engineering projects over the next 700 yrs.
Quote examples
Anyone concerned about that outcome probably shouldn't have allowed their ruler to declare herself Empress of India, creating a nation with a 10-to-1 ratio of "people living on a subcontinent" vs.
Nobody goes around saying "Well, sure there are problems, but our x system is the best in the world!" There is simply not the same kind of beloved national mythos we have in the US (although people do seem quite fond of the last real emperor and empress).
"Eight objects were taken, according to officials: a sapphire diadem, necklace and single earring from a matching set linked to 19th-century French queens Marie-Amélie and Hortense; an emerald necklace and earrings from the matching set of Empress Marie-Louise, Napoleon Bonaparte’s second wife; a reliquary brooch; Empress Eugénie’s diadem; and her large corsage-bow brooch — a prized 19th-century imperial ensemble."
Proper noun examples
In one year alone—the year when her late Majesty assumed the title of Empress—5,000,000 of the people in Southern India were starved to death.
Soon I plan to port my personal blog to Empress, but that hasn't happened yet.
Empress trees grow 10-15 feet in a year.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use empress in a sentence?
As a female emperor, not empress, Wu Zetian was under constant threat of coups and uprisings.
What does empress mean?
The female monarch (ruler) of an empire.
What part of speech is empress?
empress is commonly used as noun.