Empire

empire English Etymology See en empire. Pronunciation en /ˈɛmpaɪə/ RP en /ˈɛmpaɪɚ/ GenAm Adjective - en fashion furniture art Following or imitating a style popular during the First French Empire (1804–1814). en 1997 Mark McGrail Furniture Brasses: A Short History of English Furniture Fittings Armac Brassworks 0953125300 21 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. en of a woman's dress Having the waistline just below the bust; featuring an empire waist. en 1920 Edith Wharton The Age of Innocence New York Random House 56994481 17 ...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. en Britain dated Produced in a dependency of the British Empire or Commonwealth of Nations. en 1966 Richard Stone; D.A. Rowe The Measurement of Consumers' Expenditure and Behaviour in the United Kingdom, 1920-1938 Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1 17633380 179 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. Proper noun <dab!> en UK dated en British Empire. en March 31 1979 Nicholas Henderson Britain's Decline: Its Causes and Consequences With the eclipse of Empire, and the emergence of America and Russia, it was inevitable that we would lose comparative power and influence—and to be sure we have been in relative economic decline since the middle of the nineteenth century (when we were still producing two thirds of the world's energy, and half its iron and cotton cloth and when per capita income in Britain was over twice that in Germany and one third greater than in France). en number of places c/USA: en ucomm co/Walker County s/Alabama. en ucomm co/Chicot County s/Arkansas. en CDP co/Stanislaus County s/California. en town co/Clear Creek County s/Colorado, named after the en Empire State. en CDP and former town in co/Dodge County and co/Bleckley County s/Georgia. en ucomm and coal town in co/Christian County s/Kentucky. en CDP co/Plaquemines Parish s/Louisiana. en twp/and/village therein, in co/Leelanau County s/Michigan. en ucomm co/Butler County s/Missouri. en CDP co/Washoe County s/Nevada. en village twp:Suf/Knox co/Jefferson County s/Ohio. en district city:pref/Coos Bay co/Coos County s/Oregon. en town co/Fond du Lac County s/Wisconsin. en former community co/Goshen County s/Wyoming. en A number of other <<townships>>, listed under Empire Township. Related terms en Empire biscuit Empire cookie New Empire Anagrams en eeimpr E-Prime epimer permie premie German Etymology From de fr empire. Pronunciation de /ɑ̃ˈpiːɐ/ de De-Empire.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de De-Empire2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Noun n Empires - (French) empire (of Napoleon I or Napoleon III) de attributively Empire (style of clothing, furniture etc.)