"imperator" meaning in English

See imperator in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˌɪmpəˈreɪtəɹ/ [General-American], /-ɑtɔɹ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Knabrupt-imperator.wav [General-American] Forms: imperators [plural], imperatores [plural], Imperator [alternative]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin imperātor. By surface analysis, imperate + -or. Doublet of emperor and mpret. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:lbor|la:imperātor<id:ruler>|id=ruler}} [Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "ruler", "children" : [ ], "status" : "missing", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "imperātor", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "imperator", "lang" : "en" }" data-id="ruler" data-lang="en" data-title="imperator" id="English:_ruler">, {{lbor|en|la|imperātor}} Learned borrowing from Latin imperātor, {{surf|en|imperate|-or<id:agent noun>}} By surface analysis, imperate + -or, {{doublet|en|emperor|mpret}} Doublet of emperor and mpret Head templates: {{en-noun|+|es}} imperator (plural imperators or imperatores)
  1. An emperor. Derived forms: imperatorship Related terms: imperatrix

Inflected forms

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