α. late Middle English–1800s 2000s– emperatrice.
β. 1600s impratrice, 1800s impératrice, 1500s (Scottish) 1900s– imperatrice.
单词 | imperatrice |
释义 | imperatricen.α. late Middle English–1800s 2000s– emperatrice. β. 1600s impratrice, 1800s impératrice, 1500s (Scottish) 1900s– imperatrice. Now chiefly in contexts relating to France or French speakers. = empress n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > emperor > [noun] > empress empress?a1160 empressa1387 imperatricec1450 imperatrix1610 c1450 (?a1422) J. Lydgate Life Our Lady (Durh.) (1961) vi. l. 360 Þe heuenly quene..our mediatrice To hir son that is..Bothe lorde and kyng, and she Emperatrice Of londe, of see, of pees and of batayle. a1475 J. Russell Bk. Nurture (Harl. 4011) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 196 As pope, emperoure, Emperatrice, and Cardynalle. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 84 Empryce of prys, imperatrice. 1526 in State Papers Henry VIII (1849) VI. cxxxi. 526 I arrived the 6 daye of Marche, and ther fownde the Emperatrice. 1542 King Henry VIII Declar. Scots 201 Dauid Kyng of Scottis did homage to Matilde the Emperatrice. 1655 W. Prideaux Let. 15 Aug. in Coll. State Papers J. Thurloe (1742) III. 712 The emperatrice [of Russia] is daughter to Ellia Danelleuich Milostansko, a man of a base and meane heart. 1659 R. W. tr. J. L. G. de Balzac Aristippus 156 He thought it a smal matter that his Sister should be Emperatrice, & that his Son should still be his sisters Subject. 1790 N. Wanley Hist. Man (ed. 2) I. xxvi. 225 When all was over, and the envoy about to return to England, the Emperatrice died in child-bed. 1861 H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) III. 78/1 This is the Impératrice of the French—Eugenie. 1868 Salt Lake Daily Tel. (Salt Lake City, Utah Territory) 18 May 3/1 Every character in her repertoire, from the lowly humble maid to the emperatrice. 1918 C. E. Laughlin Keys of Heaven xxi. 240 In so far as her shops were concerned, and her throngs, that imperatrice of thoroughfares [sc. the Champs-Élysées] was still en dishabille. 1997 Playback 30 June 3/1 For four long days leading up to the solstice, the former residence of the Imperatrice Eugenie was swarmed by hordes of docmakers [i.e. documentary filmmakers], sellers and buyers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1450 |
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