emperesse

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Middle English

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Noun

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emperesse

  1. Alternative form of emperice
    • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Franklin's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 1045-1048:
      ‘Your blisful suster, Lucina the shene,
      That of the see is chief goddesse and quene,
      Though Neptunus have deitee in the see,
      Yet emperesse aboven him is she:’
      [...]
      ‘Your blissful sister, Lucina the bright,
      Who of the sea is chief goddess and queen,
      Though Neptune have godly dominion in the sea,
      Yet empress above him is she:’ [...]