Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
Empire en · ADJ
Pronunciation
/ˈɛmpaɪɚ/ (General-American)
/ˈɛmpaɪə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
See empire.
Meanings
(not-comparable) 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. 1997, Mark McGrail, Furniture Brasses: A Short History of English Furniture Fittings, Armac Brassworks, →ISBN, page 21:
(not-comparable, of a woman's dress) 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. 1920, Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence, New York: Random House, →OCLC, page 17:
(UK, dated, not-comparable) Produced 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. 1966, Richard Stone, D.A. Rowe, The Measurement of Consumers' Expenditure and Behaviour in the United Kingdom, 1920-1938, volume 1, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →OCLC, page 179:
Empire en · PROPN
Pronunciation
/ˈɛmpaɪɚ/ (General-American)
/ˈɛmpaɪə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
See empire.
Meanings
(UK, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, dated) Clipping of British Empire.
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). 1979 March 31, Nicholas Henderson, Britain's Decline: Its Causes and Consequences:
A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Walker County, Alabama.
A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Chicot County, Arkansas.
A number of places in the United States: ▸ A census-designated place in Stanislaus County, California.
A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town in Clear Creek County, Colorado, named after the Empire State.
A number of places in the United States: ▸ A census-designated place and former town in Dodge County and Bleckley County, Georgia.
A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community and coal town in Christian County, Kentucky.
A number of places in the United States: ▸ A census-designated place in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.
A number of places in the United States: ▸ A township and village therein, in Leelanau County, Michigan.
A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Butler County, Missouri.
A number of places in the United States: ▸ A census-designated place in Washoe County, Nevada.
A number of places in the United States: ▸ A village in Knox Township, Jefferson County, Ohio.
A number of places in the United States: ▸ A district of the city of Coos Bay, Coos County, Oregon.
A number of places in the United States: ▸ A town in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.
A number of places in the United States: ▸ A former community in Goshen County, Wyoming.
A number of places in the United States: ▸ A number of other townships, listed under Empire Township.