emperors

Noun

emperor (plural emperors)

1. The male monarch or ruler of an empire.
   • In imperial China, it was often a responsibility of the emperor to evaluate his predecessor after the latter's death.
2. Any monarch ruling an empire, irrespective of gender, with "empress" contrasting to mean the consort of an emperor.
   • In 690 Wu usurped the throne and became Emperor herself, which proved a unique event in the history of China.1994, Het Spinhuis, Transactions: Essays in Honor of Jeremy F. Boissevain
3. (political theory) Specifically, the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire; the world-monarch.
   • The Investiture Controversy was a conflict between the Emperor and the Pope.
4. The fourth trump or major arcana card of the tarot deck.
5. A large, relatively valuable marble in children's games.
   • But marbles are not only used to play games: they are also traded. In this market, the value of the different kinds of marbles (oilies, emperors, etc.) is determined by local supply and demand and not by the price of the marbles […]2001, Paul Webley, The economic psychology of everyday life, page 39
6. Any fish of the family Lethrinidae.

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