empire builder

collocation in English

meaningsofempireandbuilder

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withbuilderorempire.
empire
noun[C]
uk
/ˈem.paɪər/us
/ˈem.paɪr/
a group of countries ruled by a single person, government, ...
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builder
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbɪl.dər/us
/ˈbɪl.dɚ/
a person whose job it is to ...
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(Definition ofempireandbuilderfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I cannot, therefore, be accused of being anempirebuilder.
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He was then dismissed by many people as a simpleempirebuilderwho was concerned only with building his own prestige.
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He was a greatempirebuilder.
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He is a considerableempirebuilder.
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He is almost inevitably anempirebuilder.
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None of these three men could have been anempirebuilder, but rather only a transitional figure (ibid., 182).
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Some, however, saw him as a ruthless and manipulativeempirebuilderwho brooked no opposition.
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We are on the side of the charge payer and against the empire builders in some local authorities.
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There are empire builders among them who auction themselves to patients by promising to prescribe more if patients will come to them.
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During the war they had some expert "empire builders" who were marvellous at making staffs grow.
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It is part of reality that empire builders in the world of business do not like outsiders muscling in on a share of that empire.
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Thus, we are told, town hall empire builders will not be allowed to build what they want without supervision.
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They are underpinned by civil servants, who are well-known empire builders.
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I sometimes think that there are too many empire builders.
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We must operate with consent in a land of village apparatchiks, empire builders and local warlords.
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A new department or a new empire is a new claimant on funds and, like all empires, it will soon contain its empire builders and it will grow.
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