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emperor
/ˈɛmpɚɚ/ · 7 letters · 5 distinct letters
- noun
the male ruler of an empire
- noun
red table grape of California
- noun
large moth of temperate forests of Eurasia having heavily scaled transparent wings
- noun
large richly colored butterfly
Word history
From Middle English emperour, from Anglo Norman emperour, from Latin imperātorem, derived from imperō (“to command”). Displaced earlier Old English casere, from Latin Caesar.
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Why this word counts
- Where it comes from
- Listed in the English Speller Database at size 35: the core list of everyday words.
- How common it is
- Used about 18 times in every million words.
- In the spelling bee
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