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Definition of imperator in English: imperatornounˌɪmpəˈrɑːtɔː Roman History Commander (a title conferred under the Republic on a victorious general and under the Empire on the emperor). 〔罗马史〕（共和国时期）凯旋大将军，（帝国时期）皇帝 Example sentencesExamples - But when they paraded the old man through the streets and the crowds likewise hailed him as imperator, the die was cast.
- The Senate of ancient Rome, another republic with imperial entanglements, entrusted war-making to a commander-in-chief, the imperator or emperor, whose office became all-powerful, hereditary, and its holder a living god.
- He wore the robe, crown, and scepter of a triumphant general and used the title imperator.
- The Romans continued in the use of opium as a medicinal and as a poison, and according to Pliny the imperator Nero was an ardent user of various plant poisons, including opium, to eliminate enemies.
- Augustus Caesar had been imperator of the Roman Empire for more than twenty years.
Synonyms ruler, sovereign, king, monarch, potentate, lord, overlord
OriginLatin, from imperare 'to order, command'. Definition of imperator in US English: imperatornoun Roman History Commander (a title conferred under the Republic on a victorious general and under the Empire on the emperor). 〔罗马史〕（共和国时期）凯旋大将军，（帝国时期）皇帝 Example sentencesExamples - The Romans continued in the use of opium as a medicinal and as a poison, and according to Pliny the imperator Nero was an ardent user of various plant poisons, including opium, to eliminate enemies.
- He wore the robe, crown, and scepter of a triumphant general and used the title imperator.
- But when they paraded the old man through the streets and the crowds likewise hailed him as imperator, the die was cast.
- The Senate of ancient Rome, another republic with imperial entanglements, entrusted war-making to a commander-in-chief, the imperator or emperor, whose office became all-powerful, hereditary, and its holder a living god.
- Augustus Caesar had been imperator of the Roman Empire for more than twenty years.
Synonyms ruler, sovereign, king, monarch, potentate, lord, overlord
OriginLatin, from imperare ‘to order, command’. |