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empress
em·press [ émprəss ] (plural em·press·es) or Em·press [ émprəss ]


noun 
Definition:
 
1. ruler of empire: a woman who rules an empire
2. emperor's wife: the wife or widow of an emperor
[12th century. < Old French empresse< emperor (see emperor)]
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