'Empress' definitions:
Definition of 'empress'
(from WordNet)
noun
A woman emperor or the wife of an emperor
Definition of 'Empress'
From: GCIDE
- Empress \Em"press\, n. [OE. empress, emperice, OF. empereis, empereris, fr. L. imperatrix, fem. of imperator. See Emperor.]
- 1. The consort of an emperor. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A female sovereign. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A sovereign mistress. "Empress of my soul." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Empress cloth, a cloth for ladies' dresses, either wholly of wool, or with cotton warp and wool weft. It resembles merino, but is not twilled. [1913 Webster]