emperor vs royalty

emperor

noun
  • The male monarch or ruler of an empire. 

  • A large, relatively valuable marble in children's games. 

  • Any of various butterflies of the subfamily Charaxinae. 

  • Specifically, the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire; the world-monarch. 

  • Any of various large dragonflies of the cosmopolitan genus Anax. 

  • An emperor penguin. 

  • The fourth trump or major arcana card of the tarot deck. 

  • Any monarch ruling an empire, irrespective of gender, with "empress" contrasting to mean the consort of an emperor. 

  • Any fish of the family Lethrinidae. 

royalty

noun
  • The rank, status, power or authority of a monarch. 

  • Payment made to a writer, composer, inventor etc for the sale or use of intellectual property, invention etc. 

  • The payment received by an owner of real property for exploitation of mineral rights in the property. 

  • Someone in a privileged position. 

  • A king and a queen as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em. 

  • The bounds of a royal burgh. 

  • A royal right or prerogative, such as the exploitation of a natural resource; the granting of such a right; payment received for such a right. 

  • People of royal rank, plus their families, treated as a group. 

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