emperor

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Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the male ruler of an empire
  2. noun red table grape of California
  3. noun large moth of temperate forests of Eurasia having heavily scaled transparent wings

Etymology

From Middle English emperour, from Anglo-Norman emperour, from Latin imperātorem, derived from imperō (“to command”). Doublet of imperator. Displaced earlier Old English casere, from Latin Caesar.

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