American Empire

English

Proper noun

American Empire

1. 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.

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.
   • 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.