emperor

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Unmentioned, the Persian emperor Cyrus the Great, still revered by Iranians, was the first world leader to grant freedom to the Jews, liberating them from captivity in Babylon.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

"One can really picture the emperor in his final years."

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

Species NWT has helped recover in Norfolk include crane, bittern, purple emperor butterfly and natterjack toad.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

Theodosius was the Christian Roman emperor who embraced the Nicene Creed as the religion of empire in the late fourth century, conducting a single-minded suppression of paganism in the lands over which he ruled.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

I’ve seen the imperial family several times, the emperor an ugly, hard-looking man, the empress pale and pretty, but dressed in bad taste, I thought—purple dress, green hat, and yellow gloves.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott