noun
- a commander in chief or emperor, especially in ancient Rome
Usage: historical
Examples
- Augustus was the first Roman imperator to hold permanent power.
- The imperator led his legions across the Rhine.
- Julius Caesar was proclaimed imperator after his military victories.
- The title imperator originally meant supreme military commander.
- Roman soldiers would hail their victorious general as imperator.
- The imperator’s authority extended throughout the empire.