Reich (r k, r )n. The territory or government of a German state, as the Holy Roman Empire, or First Reich, from the ninth century to 1806; the German Empire, or Second Reich, from 1871 to 1919; the Weimar Republic, from 1919 to 1933; or the Third Reich, from 1933 to 1945.
[German, empire, realm, from Middle High German r ch, r che, from Old High German r hhi; see reg- in Indo-European roots.] |
Reich (r k), Stephen Michael Known as "Steve." Born 1936. American classical composer whose work often draws on West African and Balinese musical traditions. |
Reich [rike] Noun
the former German state, esp. the Nazi dictatorship in Germany from 1933–45 ([Third Reich]) [German: kingdom]
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| Noun | 1. | Reich - the German statebody politic, country, nation, res publica, commonwealth, state, land - a politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land" |
| 2. | Reich - Austrian born psychoanalyst who lived in the United States; advocated sexual freedom and believed that cosmic energy could be concentrated in a human being (1897-1957) |
| 3. | Reich - United States composer (born in 1936) |