Empire | |
1. adj. (fashion, furniture, art) Following or imitating a style popular during the First French Empire (1804–1814). | |
2. adj. (of a woman's dress) Having the waistline just below the bust; featuring an empire waist. | |
3. adj. (Britain, dated, of wine) Produced in a dependency of the British Empire or Commonwealth of Nations. | |
4. n. A political unit having an extensive territory or comprising a number of territories or nations and ruled by a single supreme authority. | |
5. n. A political unit that controls at least one kingdom under its vassalage. | |
6. n. A group of states or other territories that owe allegiance to a foreign power. | |
7. n. A state ruled by an emperor. | |
The Empire of Vietnam was a short-lived client state of Japan governing Vietnam between March 11 and August 23, 1945. | |
8. n. An expansive and wealthy corporation. | |
the McDonald's fast food empire | |
9. adj. alternative case form of Empire. | |