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a person who plans or works to extend dominion or control, as over territory, political organizations, or business enterprises.

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Origin of empire builder

First recorded in 1890–95

Words nearby empire builder

emphatic, emphatically, emphysema, em pica, empire, empire builder, empire building, Empire Day, Empire State, Empire State Building, Empire State of the South

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Empire will be hate-watched and may set off some conversations on its way from fading from our minds.
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The Virologist By Andrew Marantz, New Yorker How a young entrepreneur built an empire by repackaging memes.
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One wonders if his subsequent battles with the “Evil Empire” were animated by this belief.
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Another rumor that has existed since before The Empire Strikes Back was released.
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Even the queen saw fit to honor him with the Order of the British Empire at Buckingham Palace in 2008.
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On the establishment of the Empire Berthier, like many another, received the reward for his faithfulness to Napoleon.
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Constantine the Great died, having divided the empire among his children and nephews.
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During that fortnight of silence the whole of the Turkish Empire has been moving—closing in—on the Dardanelles.
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She had seen England spread from an island into an empire; she had seen America spread from a colony into an empire.
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No Briton rejoiced more sincerely than this provincial American in the extension of the Empire.
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British Dictionary definitions for empire builder

empire-builder

noun

informal a person who seeks extra power for its own sake, esp by increasing the number of his subordinates or staff

Derived forms of empire-builder

empire-building, noun, adjective

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