Emperor

See also: emperor

English

Noun

Emperor (plural Emperors)

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

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Old Cornish

Etymology

From Old French emperëor

Noun

Emperor

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