American Empire

proper noun

The United States of America together with its allies, viewed as having the qualities characteristic of an empire.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. The United States of America together with its allies, viewed as having the qualities characteristic of an empire.

    The one thing that Noam Chomsky and Paul Wolfowitz might agree upon is the reality of an American Empire.

    2005, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., “The American Empire? Not so Fast”, in World Policy Journal, volume 22, number 1, page 43
  2. A French-inspired neoclassical style of American furniture and decoration originating from the Empire style introduced during the First French Empire period under Napoleon's rule.

    It need not be so true to style as the furniture intended for a more pretentious house, and the mahogany American Empire furniture, so popular about 1820, will become a farmhouse dwelling.

    1912 August 28, Harry Martin Yeomans, “The decoration of remodeled farmhouses”, in American Homes and Gardens, volume 9, page 294
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