imperator
One holding power
Imperator is a Latin title meaning commander or emperor.
In ancient Rome, it was an honorific granted to victorious generals by their troops, later becoming a permanent title of the emperors.
The word survives in English primarily in historical contexts: The senate proclaimed him imperator after his conquest of Gaul.
It shares a root with emperor and imperial.
Roman imperial title
- AugustusRome's inaugural emperor
- legionGreat number, or soldiers
- centurionRoman army officer
- senateLegislative governing body
consul · tribune · proconsul · praetor · Rome · forum · toga · fasces
Hereditary supreme ruler
- sovereignSupreme in power
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- reignSovereign's time in power
- dominionAuthority to rule
realm · crown · scepter · majesty · autocrat · dynasty · succession · coronation
Widespread, not specialized
- commanderPerson with authority over others
- legionGreat number, or soldiers
- troopsMilitary personnel collectively
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
conquest · battlefield · triumph · army · cavalry · infantry · tactics · strategist
Resounding, celebrated victory
- conquerorVictor who takes control
- gloryExalted honor and praise
- victoryDefeating an opponent
- vanquishDefeat thoroughly in conflict
subjugate · conquest · invincible · undefeated · heroic · spoils · acclamation · laurel
Caesar
Roman imperial title
senate · consul · tribune · proconsul · praetor · Rome · forum · toga · fasces · patrician
monarch
Hereditary supreme ruler
dominion · realm · crown · scepter · majesty · autocrat · dynasty · succession · coronation · palace
general
Widespread, not specialized
- commanderPerson with authority over others
- legionGreat number, or soldiers
- troopsMilitary personnel collectively
campaign · conquest · battlefield · triumph · army · cavalry · infantry · tactics · strategist · warfare
triumph
Resounding, celebrated victory
vanquish · subjugate · conquest · invincible · undefeated · heroic · spoils · acclamation · laurel · ovation
imperatorsubject
Matter under discussion
subordinate · servant · slave · vassal · underling
imperatormiles
Lengths of 5,280 feet
legionary · foot soldier · grunt · enlisted man · private
- moral imperativeBinding ethical command
- biological imperativeGenetically encoded behavioral necessity
- categorical imperativeUnconditional ethical obligation
imperative, imperatives, imperatively, imperativeness, imperatorial