emperor

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈɛmpərə/, SAMPA: /"Emp@r\@/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈɛmpərɚ/, SAMPA: /"Emp@r\@`/

• Audio (US)

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• Hyphenation: em‧peror

Noun

Singular emperor

Plural emperors

Emperor Augustin of Mexico.

1. (countable) An emperor is the male leader or monarch of an empire.

   The coronation of the Japanese emperor happened this year.

Related words

• empire
• empress
• imperial
• imperialism