empresses

Definition of empressesnext
plural of empress

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Noun
  • Known for its perfectly fitting stone bricks, the site was built in the 15th century by the Incas and served as a sanctuary for the nation’s emperors.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 31 Dec. 2025
  • For young emperors of ice cream, there’s a jump rope that has ice-cream-cone handles ($12) and a pencil sharpener shaped like an ice-cream truck ($24).
    Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 15 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Once favored by scientists and royalty, Haghartsin now holds the graves of kings.
    Marlise Kast-Myers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Quite a few wine bottle sizes are named after Biblical kings and historical figures.
    Jessica Farthing, Southern Living, 8 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Past Lord Wardens include barons, earls, princes, and future kings.
    Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The arrival of the Targaryen princes is a big deal for the town of Ashford and the knights and lords and ladies assembled there.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The collection stars five brand-new fragrances inspired by Disney princesses.
    Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The breakdown in trust over the reports has devastated both princesses.
    Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 10 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • With 89 total rooms, options range from deluxe king rooms to double queens—both featuring accessible mobility and hearing options—as well as a family-style room with multiple semi-private sleeping areas for those traveling in a group.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Our grandmothers were queens of the freezer, along with a zillion other ways to avoid food waste.
    Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 8 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • And all these noble lords can’t even remember his name.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Beyond that, the tech lords often suffer the vices of their virtues.
    Walter Russell Mead, The Atlantic, 24 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Büttner, who is not Jewish, serves as one of 15 state antisemitism czars in Germany, which also has a federal antisemitism commissioner, Felix Klein.
    Grace Gilson, Sun Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Her assessment of Soviet and later Russian leadership is clear-eyed, seeing the yearning of the Russian people for a hard-nosed protector, like the former tsars, in Russia’s support for Putin.
    The Know, Denver Post, 7 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Discovering a site like this allows archaeologists to further understand the culture and society of early medieval England, when the country was fragmented into several kingdoms but rulers like Offa were beginning to unify it and Alfred the Great was fighting off Viking invaders.
    Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 4 Feb. 2026
  • And third, taking Maduro off the board was a force-multiplier for the administration’s Cuba policy, which centers on increasing economic pressure on the island until its aging rulers either wither away or negotiate their own demise.
    Daniel DePetris, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2026
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“Empresses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/empresses. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.

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