Empire

adjectiveproper nouncommon in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈɛmpaɪə//
United States//ˈɛmpaɪɚ//

Following or imitating a style popular during the First French Empire (1804–1814).

adjective

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Following or imitating a style popular during the First French Empire (1804–1814).
However, the first style of this century was known as Empire furniture. It was a derivative of the French Empire furniture, popular at that time.
2
Following or imitating a style popular during the First French Empire (1804–1814). Having the waistline just below the bust; featuring an empire waist.
...and for a moment he could not identify the lady in the Empire dress, nor imagine why her presence created such excitement among the initiated.
3
datedProduced in a dependency of the British Empire or Commonwealth of Nations.
Wine from Portugal and France showed an irregular downward tendency over the period, while Empire wine from Australia and British South Africa rose rapidly, the former increasing nearly threefold between 1925 and 1927.

Etymology

See empire.

proper noun

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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Walker County, Alabama.
2
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Chicot County, Arkansas.
3
A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Stanislaus County, California.
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A number of places in the United States: A town in Clear Creek County, Colorado, named after the Empire State.
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A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place and former town in Dodge County and Bleckley County, Georgia.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community and coal town in Christian County, Kentucky.
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A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.
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A number of places in the United States: A township and village therein, in Leelanau County, Michigan.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Butler County, Missouri.
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A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Washoe County, Nevada.
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A number of places in the United States: A village in Knox Township, Jefferson County, Ohio.
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A number of places in the United States: A district of the city of Coos Bay, Coos County, Oregon.
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A number of places in the United States: A town in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.
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A number of places in the United States: A former community in Goshen County, Wyoming.
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A number of places in the United States: A number of other townships, listed under Empire Township.
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Variant of British EmpiredatedClipping of British Empire.

Emperor · The title of an emperor.emphasis · Special weight or forcefulness given to something considered…empire · A political state, often a monarchy, that has achieved a much…

Empire · Following or imitating a style popular during the First French Empire (1804–1814).

employ · To retain (someone) as an employee.employed · In a job; working.employee · A person who provides labor to a company or another person.

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