as in king
a man who rules an empire
Roman emperors
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Recent Examples of emperor
Once visited by emperors seeking clarity and samurai tending to battle wounds, these onsen remain cornerstones of Japanese culture.
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Kelsey Eisen, Robb Report, 19 Mar. 2026
To see whether fish might possess this ability, the team went to Lake Tanganyika in eastern Africa to conduct different experiments on the emperor cichlid (Boulengerochromis microlepis), a species that is neither too fearful of nor too aggressive toward humans.
—Gennaro Tomma, Scientific American, 17 Mar. 2026
Writing in the fourth century, Eusebius celebrated the reign of the first Christian Roman emperor, Constantine, who ruled from 306-337.
—Brett Whalen, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2026
Russell Crowe, 'Gladiator’ (2001) Crowe's Roman warrior Maximus, a general banished to slavery thanks to a petulant young emperor (Joaquin Phoenix) who rises back to glory, is a throwback to old-school Hollywood action heroes that still works.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 9 Mar. 2026
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Kelsey Eisen, Robb Report, 19 Mar. 2026
To see whether fish might possess this ability, the team went to Lake Tanganyika in eastern Africa to conduct different experiments on the emperor cichlid (Boulengerochromis microlepis), a species that is neither too fearful of nor too aggressive toward humans.
—Gennaro Tomma, Scientific American, 17 Mar. 2026
Writing in the fourth century, Eusebius celebrated the reign of the first Christian Roman emperor, Constantine, who ruled from 306-337.
—Brett Whalen, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2026
Russell Crowe, 'Gladiator’ (2001) Crowe's Roman warrior Maximus, a general banished to slavery thanks to a petulant young emperor (Joaquin Phoenix) who rises back to glory, is a throwback to old-school Hollywood action heroes that still works.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 9 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emperor
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Stringer/Anadolu via Getty Images Andrew, the king's brother and former prince, his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson and their daughters, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, were absent after attending last year.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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They’re currently offered in queen and king sizes for a truly luxurious addition to your bed.—
Jacqueline Tempera,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Apr. 2026
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In the year of Luther’s birth, for example, England enacted a second Act of Apparel, restricting sable, ermine, velvet, and satin brocade to knights and lords, while damask and satin were allowed for people who had a yearly income of at least £40.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Mar. 2026
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Courtenay is one of 92 lords, out of more than 800 in Parliament, who inherited their seats.—
Lauren Frayer,
NPR,
21 Mar. 2026
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The sovereign's sisters, Princesses Caroline and Stephanie, stood side by side.—
Séraphine Roger,
Vanity Fair,
28 Mar. 2026
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The hope was that the visit, the first by a British sovereign in nearly two decades, would help smooth fractured relations between the two nations.—
Harriet Marsden,
TheWeek,
18 Mar. 2026
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Biden put this sentiment into action by working with Netanyahu despite serious moral and political failures in Gaza, with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on NATO expansion, and with Gulf potentates on the region’s security architecture.—
James Jeffrey,
Foreign Affairs,
13 Nov. 2025
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Why don’t all the rich potentates, sheiks, oligarchs and MAGA dictators meet and fix it?—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
25 June 2025
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“Emperor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emperor. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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