Emperor
See also: emperor
English
Noun
Emperor (plural Emperors)
- The title of an emperor.
- 1902, The Outlook, page 701:
- As military attaché to the British Embassy in Berlin he enjoyed the esteem of Emperors William and Frederick.
- Alternative form of emperor (emperor penguin).
- 2010, Lloyd Spencer Davis, Martin Renner, Penguins, page 128:
- Certainly LH levels rise in female Emperors during the brooding (guard) phase of chick rearing and decrease significantly in females that have lost their chicks, suggesting that there is a link between brooding behaviour and elevated LH levels.
- 2011, David Salomon, Penguin-Pedia, page 29:
- Most Emperor breeding failures are actually caused by their fellow penguins: either a mate's careless transfer of the egg, or when a disgruntled neighbor's aggressive action slides or breaks the egg.
- 2014, Martin Jenkins, The Emperor's Egg, page 3:
- There are Seventeen kinds of penguin, but the Emperor is the only one that breeds in Antarctica in midwinter.
- 2016, Apsley Cherry-Garrard, The Worst Journey in the World: Antarctic 1910-1913:
- Nevertheless the Emperors were unsettled owing, there can be no doubt, to the knowledge that bad weather was impending.
Anagrams
Old Cornish
Etymology
From Old French emperëor
Noun
Emperor
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