Emperor

Emperor (plural Emperors)

1. The title of an emperor.
   • 1902, The Outlook, page 701:

     As military attaché to the British Embassy in Berlin he enjoyed the esteem of Emperors William and Frederick.

2. Alternative form of emperor (emperor penguin).
   • 2010, Lloyd Spencer Davis, Martin Renner, Penguins, page 128:

     Certainly LH levels rise in female Emperors during the brooding (guard) phase of chick rearing and decrease significantly in females that have lost their chicks, suggesting that there is a link between brooding behaviour and elevated LH levels.

   • 2011, David Salomon, Penguin-Pedia, page 29:

     Most Emperor breeding failures are actually caused by their fellow penguins: either a mate's careless transfer of the egg, or when a disgruntled neighbor's aggressive action slides or breaks the egg.

   • 2014, Martin Jenkins, The Emperor's Egg, page 3:

     There are Seventeen kinds of penguin, but the Emperor is the only one that breeds in Antarctica in midwinter.

   • 2016, Apsley Cherry-Garrard, The Worst Journey in the World: Antarctic 1910-1913:

     Nevertheless the Emperors were unsettled owing, there can be no doubt, to the knowledge that bad weather was impending.

• per orem

From Old French emperëor

Emperor

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