empress
noun [ C ] uk/ˈem.prəs/ us/ˈem.prəs/
女皇;皇后
a female ruler of an empire, or the wife of a male ruler of an empire
Compare: emperor
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- Queen Victoria was Empress of India as well as Queen of Great Britain.
- We visited the tomb of Zhu Yijun and his two empresses.
- Empress Josephine's marriage to Napoleon was dissolved in 1809.
- She looked extremely grand and untouchable, like an empress, sitting in that coach.
- This collection of jewels once belonged to a Russian empress, Catherine the Great.