a woman emperor or the wife of an emperor
"The empress presided over the grand banquet while her husband, the emperor, reviewed his troops in the courtyard."
The female monarch (ruler) of an empire.
"The empress opened her throne room to greet the visiting dignitaries from neighboring kingdoms."
Rare form of impress.
"In his old school notebook, he found a rare spelling where empress was used instead of impress to mean making someone feel intimidated."
A village in Alberta, Canada.
"We drove up to Empress last summer to visit my aunt's new farm outside of Calgary."
The word "empress" comes from the Latin term imperatrix, which literally means "female emperor." It entered English through Middle English and Old French forms derived directly from this Latin root.