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empress

[em-pris] / ˈɛm prɪs /
NOUN
female ruler
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In a rare interview, his mother, the former empress Farah Pahlavi told AFP from her home in Paris in written answers to questions there was "no turning back" after the wave of protests.

From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026

Among the stolen pieces was a large, diamond-encrusted bow brooch that belonged to the same empress.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025

A crown of the empress Eugénie was left at the scene and is being examined to see if it is damaged.

From BBC • Oct. 19, 2025

She credits much of her fearlessness as a performer to her time spent on the Hulu series “The Great,” on which she played a fictionalized version of Russian empress Catherine the Great.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2024

He’d chosen a rose because he thought that was the most royal flower and Lynn was his little empress, and he’d chosen white because it was angelic.

From "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata




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