emperour

English

Noun

emperour (plural emperours)

  1. Obsolete spelling of emperor.

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French empereor, from Latin imperātorem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛmpəˈruːr/, /ˈɛmpərur/, /ˈɛmpərər/, /au̯m-/
  • IPA(key): /ɛmpəˈreːr(ə)/[1] (uncommon, from the Old French nominative emperere)

Noun

emperour (plural emperours)

  1. An emperor (male ruler of an empire).[2]
    Synonym: kayser
  2. A supreme ruler; an individual with total control.
  3. (rare) Any leader or director.

Descendants

  • English: emperor
  • Scots: emperor

References

  1. ^ Putter, Ad; Judith, Jefferson; Stokes, Myra (2007), “1. The Line Ending in Alliterative Verse.”, in Studies in the Metre of Alliterative Verse (Medium Ævum Monographs: New Series; 26)‎[1], Oxford: The Society for the Study of Medieval Languages and Literature, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 70.
  2. ^ “emperǒur, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 24 March 2019.
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