Definition of Imperator
Im`pe`ra´tor
n.
1.
(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
.
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