Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Empress

Empress , noun

[Old English empress, emperice, Old French empereis, empereris, from Latin imperatrix, fem. of imperator. See Emperor.]

1.
The consort of an emperor. — Shakespeare
2.
A female sovereign.
3.
A sovereign mistress.
Empress of my soul. — Shakespeare
Collocations (1)
Empress cloth , a cloth for ladies' dresses, either wholly of wool, or with cotton warp and wool weft. It resembles merino, but is not twilled.