emperor

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  THE EMPEROR'S VISION
• WordNet 3.6
  • n emperor large richly colored butterfly
  • n emperor large moth of temperate forests of Eurasia having heavily scaled transparent wings
  • n emperor red table grape of California
  • n emperor the male ruler of an empire
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• Interesting fact: Aztec emperor Montezuma had a nephew, Cuitlahac, whose name meant "plenty of excrement."
• • n Emperor The sovereign or supreme monarch of an empire; -- a title of dignity superior to that of king; as, the emperor of Germany or of Austria; the emperor or Czar of Russia.
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• Interesting fact: In 1391, China began producing toliet paper for use by its Emperors
• • n emperor A commander-in-chief; a supreme leader of an army or of armies.
  • n emperor The sovereign or supreme ruler of an empire: a title of dignity conventionally superior to that of king: as, the emperor of Germany or of Russia. See empire. The title emperor, first assumed (with consent of the senate) by Julius Cæsar, was held by the succeeding rulers of the Roman, and afterward of the Western and Eastern empires. The line of emperors of the West terminated in a. d. 476, but the title was revived in 800 by Charlemagne, who thus laid the foundation of the elective Holy Roman Empire (which see, under empire). The last of his successors had, before his abdication in 1806, adopted the title of hereditary emperor of Austria. The king of Prussia was crowned emperor of Germany in 1871. Peter the Great of Russia assumed the title in 1721, and the ruler of Brazil in 1822; and it was held by Napoleon I. and Napoleon III. of France. In 1876 Queen Victoria of England was proclaimed empress of India. In western speech the sovereigns of Turkey, China, Japan, etc., are called emperors.
  • n emperor In zoöl.: In entomology: One of several large sphinxes or moths: as, the peacock emperor, Saturnia pavonia. One of several large butterflies of the family Nymphalidæ: as, the purple emperor, the popular name in Great Britain of Apatura iris, also called the purple high-flier; the tawny emperor, A. herse. See Apatura.
  • n emperor In ornithology, one of sundry birds notable of their kind.
  • n emperor A large boa of Central America, Boa imperator, probably a variety of the Boa constrictor.
  • n emperor Synonyms Monarch, etc. See prince.
  • n emperor [capitalized] The trade-name of a standard quality of fine English drawing-paper made in sheets 72 by 48 inches.
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• Interesting fact: The production of toilet paper in China began in 1391, which was used for the Emperors
• • n Emperor em′pėr-or the head of the Roman Empire: the highest title of sovereignty
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• Lord Byron

  

  “I would rather have a nod from an American, than a snuff-box from an emperor.”
• Ralph Waldo Emerson

  

  “Give me health and a day, and I will make the pomp of emperors ridiculous.”
• Publius Cornelius Tacitus

  

  “No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.”
• Otto Von Bismarck

  

  “I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.”
• Johann Friedrich Von Schiller

  

  “No emperor has the power to dictate to the heart.”
• Rudyard Kipling

  

  “He wrapped himself in quotations -- as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors.”

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