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