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emperor

[em-per-er] / ˈɛm pər ər /


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The Taj Mahal was built in the 17th century on orders of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan as a mausoleum for his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal who died in childbirth.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

Their impeccable hearing and quick thinking were rewarded by the Austrian emperor, who bestowed the pretzel bakers with their own coat of arms featuring two lions holding a massive pretzel.

From Salon • Apr. 28, 2026

He also shows a surprising—and fatally unwise—humility when declining calls to become the Roman emperor, citing his age: “A better head her glorious body fits than his that shakes for age and feebleness.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

The forthcoming film will take place 17 years after the events of Dune: Part Two and follow the consequences of Paul Atreides' rise as galactic emperor.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

His code name for the invasion was “Operation Barbarossa,” after the great twelfth-century tactician and emperor Frederick Barbarossa, who unified many European kingdoms under German rule as leader of the Holy Roman Empire.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein




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