"Emperor" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Emperors [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Emperor (plural Emperors)
  1. The title of an emperor.
    Sense id: en-Emperor-en-noun-d6cNRx1y
  2. Alternative form of emperor (emperor penguin). Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: emperor (extra: emperor penguin) Categories (topical): Titles
    Sense id: en-Emperor-en-noun-iS0zaCcK Disambiguation of Titles: 42 58 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 8 92

Inflected forms

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