Definition of IMPERATOR. Meaning of IMPERATOR. Synonyms of IMPERATOR

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Definition of IMPERATOR

Imperator
Imperator Im`pe*ra"tor, n. [L. See Emperor.] (Rom. Antiq.) A commander; a leader; an emperor; -- originally an appellation of honor by which Roman soldiers saluted their general after an important victory. Subsequently the title was conferred as a recognition of great military achievements by the senate, whence it carried wiht it some special privileges. After the downfall of the Republic it was assumed by Augustus and his successors, and came to have the meaning now attached to the word emperor.

Meaning of IMPERATOR from wikipedia

- The title of imperator (/ˌɪmpəˈrɑːtər/ im-pə-RAH-tər) originally meant the rough equivalent of commander under the Roman Republic. Later, it became a...
- Emperor, originally and officially the Emperor of the Romans (Latin: Imperator Romanorum; German: Kaiser der Römer) during the Middle Ages, and also...
- accession as augustus, and later as basileus. Another title used was imperator, originally a military honorific, and caesar, originally a cognomen. Early...
- Imperator is a title used in the Roman Republic. Imperator may also refer to: Imperator (fungus), a genus of bolete mushroom Boa constrictor imperator...
- by 38 BC he had replaced Gaius with the victory title imperator 'commander'. The use of imperator signified a permanent link to the Roman tradition of...
- SS Imperator (known as RMS Berengaria for most of her career) was a German ocean liner built for the Hamburg America Line, launched in 1912. At the time...
- Imperator Furiosa is a fictional character in the Australian post-apocalyptic action film series Mad Max. Introduced in Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) and...
- Imperator: Rome is a 2019 grand strategy wargame developed by Paradox Development Studio and published by Paradox Interactive. It is a spiritual successor...
- Boa imperator (or Boa constrictor imperator in common usage) is a large and heavy-bodied arboreal species of nonvenomous, constrictor-type snake in the...
- titulature, Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus; Lucius, forgoing his name Commodus and taking Marcus's family name Verus, became Imperator Caesar...