empire
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Definitions ofempire
- (furniture) Following or imitating a style popular during the First French Empire (1804–1814).
- (of wine) Produced in a dependency of the British Empire or Commonwealth of Nations.
- A political unit, typically having an extensive territory or comprising a number of territories or nations (especially one comprising one or more kingdoms) and ruled by a single supreme authority.
Example: "the Russian empire"
- A political unit ruled by an emperor or empress.
Example: "The Empire of Vietnam was a short-lived client state of Japan governing Vietnam between March 11 and August 23, 1945."
- A group of states or other territories that owe allegiance to a foreign power.
- An expansive and powerful enterprise under the control of one person or group.
Example: "the McDonald's fast food empire"
- (Absolute) control, dominion, sway.
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