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American Empire
- The United States of America together with its allies, viewed as having the qualities characteristic of an empire.
2005, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., “The American Empire? Not so Fast”, in World Policy Journal, volume 22, number 1, page 43:The one thing that Noam Chomsky and Paul Wolfowitz might agree upon is the reality of an American Empire.
- 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.
1912 August, Harry Martin Yeomans, “The decoration of remodeled farmhouses”, in American Homes and Gardens, volume 9, page 294: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.
