emperice

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /emˈpeː.ri.ke/, [ɛmˈpeː.rɪ.kɛ]

Noun

empērice m

vocative singular of empēricus

Middle English

Alternative forms

emperesse, emperes, imparesse, emparesse, emperysse, emperise, imperice, imperes, empres, emprys

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French emperris, contracted form of empereriz, from Latin imperatrix; equivalent to emperour +‎ -esse.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛmpəˈris/, /ɛmpəˈrɛs/, /ˈɛmpəris/, /ˈɛmpərɛs/

Noun

emperice (plural emperesses)

An empress; a female ruler of an empire.
The wife or partner of an empire's ruler.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)

Descendants

English: empress

References

“emperesse, n.” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-24.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for emperice in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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