Definition of "Reich"
Reich
noun
A German empire, kingdom or nation; its territory or government.
Quotations
The Empire is differently denominated as well by Germans themſelves as by others. It is called the Reich, in Latin Regnum, by way of eminence, as alſo the German Reich, in Latin Regnum Germanicum. The appellation of Germany, is ſeldom uſed now-a-days any where but in the title of the Emperor and Elector of Mentz.
1762, A[nton] F[riedrich] Busching, “Introduction to the Description of Germany”, in [Patrick Murdoch], transl., A New System of Geography: In Which Is Given, a General Account of the Situation and Limits, the Manners, History, and Constitution, of the Several Kingdoms and States in the Known World; […], volumes IV (Containing, Part of Germany, viz. Bohemia, Moravia, Lusatia, Austria, Burgundy, Westphalia, and the Circle of the Rhine), London: […] A[ndrew] Millar […], page 4
(in particular) The Third Reich; Nazi Germany.
Quotations
2016, Colin Philpott, Relics of the Reich: The Buildings The Nazis Left Behind
2017, Gerhard Engel, At the Heart of the Reich: The Secret Diary of Hitler's Army Adjutant
2019, Peter Finn, A Guest of the Reich: The Story of American Heiress Gertrude Legendre
(chiefly derogatory) Any empire, especially one that is imperialist, tyrannical, and/or racist.
Quotations
Mr. Ycas, one of their members, told me that a serious attempt was made to strike for total independence but that the majority felt it was the wise course to ask for autonomy within the Russian Reich. A Lithuanian National Council was formed.
1943, Owen Joseph Christoffer Norem, Timeless Lithuania, page 280
NATO and the European Union, both led by America, embody that purpose. It preserves the sovereignty of the member states, but ultimate sovereignty rests with the American Reich and all the states willingly coordinate their policies with and subordinate themselves to American leadership.
2017, Madhavan K. Palat, India and the World in the First Half of the Twentieth Century