Breadcrumb Home > Dictionary > Index E empress: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: em•press Pronunciation: (em'pris), [key] — n. a female ruler of an empire. the consort of an emperor. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: empress (Thesaurus) empower empressement* ✖ Related Content Daily Word Quiz: spectral Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language