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Definition of: emperor
(em′pər·ər) noun
1. The sovereign of an empire.
2. One of various moths, as the emperor moth (Samia cecropia), or butterflies, as the purple emperor (Apatura iris), or the tawny emperor (Asterocampa clyton), etc. [<OF empereor <L imperator commander <imperare order]
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