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Reich definition

Reich (rīk; GerrīH)

noun

  1. the Holy Roman Empire, regarded as the first German empire (First Reich)
  2. Germany or the German government; specif.,
    1. the German Empire from 1871 to 1919 (Second Reich)
    2. the German republic from 1919 to 1933 (Weimar Republic)
    3. the German fascist state under the Nazis from 1933 to 1945 (Third Reich)

Etymology: Ger < OHG rihhi, akin to OE rice, Goth reiki < IE base *reĝ-, to put in order, straight > right

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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