Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Specifically, in recent and particularly in British and United States polities, one who favors the principles and practices of imperialism.
  • noun A subject or follower of an emperor; one who upholds the cause of an emperor or an empire; specifically, one of the partizans of the empire, or of the combatants for the imperial cause, as in the thirty years' war in Germany (1618–48).
  • noun One who favors imperial government, or government by an emperor; one who favors the establishment or maintenance of an empire.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who serves an emperor; one who favors imperialism.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective of, or relating to imperialism
  • noun An advocate of imperialism.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective of or relating to imperialism
  • noun a believer in imperialism

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Examples

  • And he was talking about trade, talking about what he calls the imperialist U.S., even saying that this is something that is -- absolutely should not happen, in his very bombastic way.

    CNN Transcript Nov 4, 2005 2005

  • However, there are critics who say it stirs up "ugly nationalism" that has forced Australia into what they describe as "imperialist wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere".

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • The agreement was signed during a visit by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who pledged to deepen ties with Iran and stand together against what he called the imperialist powers of the world.

    unknown title 2009

  • The agreement was signed during a visit by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who pledged to deepen ties with Iran and stand together against what he called the imperialist powers of the world.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com 2009

  • The first is the origins of the children's adventure story in imperialist expansion, and the second is racial drag.

    SeeLight: 2007

  • The first is the origins of the children's adventure story in imperialist expansion, and the second is racial drag.

    Over Sea, Under Stone 2007

  • If the grammar was to teach declarative sentences, examples were sentences like “The American capitalist imperialist is unfair to the worker.”

    July « 2006 « Bill Ayers 2006

  • If the grammar was to teach declarative sentences, examples were sentences like “The American capitalist imperialist is unfair to the worker.”

    The Knowledge Deficit 2006

  • And if had an open-ended presence there and were never envisioning that Iraqis could take control of their own country, we would be rightly criticized for long-term imperialist ambitions.

    CNN Transcript Jul 17, 2005 2005

  • Having said that, we have no long-term imperialist ambitions, nor does the United States.

    CNN Transcript Jul 17, 2005 2005

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