empress

[em-pris] /ˈɛm prɪs/
noun
1.
a female ruler of an empire.
2.
the consort of an emperor.
Origin
1125-75; Middle English emperice, emperesse < Anglo-French; Old French emperesse, empereriz < Latin imperātrīcem, accusative of imperātrix, feminine of imperātor. See emperor, -trix
Usage note
See -ess.
Examples from the web for empress
  • His empress, who has the political instincts he lacks, speaks up freely before she's taken away from him.
  • All of this is a play on words to empress investors.
  • Yellow silk was worn only by the emperor, empress, or empress dowager.
  • The image seemed exactly right, a modernist throne for the empress of modern art.
  • Walking in the garden, the empress plucked a cocoon from a mulberry tree.
  • The empress sits on a throne wearing a starry crown, holding a scepter in one hand.
  • History the empress has had a rather uneventful five centuries.
British Dictionary definitions for empress

empress

/ˈɛmprɪs/
noun
1.
the wife or widow of an emperor
2.
a woman who holds the rank of emperor in her own right
3.
a woman of great power and influence
Word Origin
C12: from Old French empereriz, from Latin imperātrix feminine of imperātoremperor
Word Origin and History for empress
n.

mid-12c., emperice, from Old French emperesse, fem. of emperere (see emperor). Queen Victoria in 1876 became one as "Empress of India."