Reich

Reich  (rk, 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.

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[German, empire, realm, from Middle High German rch, rche, from Old High German rhhi; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]

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Reich  (rk), Stephen Michael Known as "Steve." Born 1936.

American classical composer whose work often draws on West African and Balinese musical traditions.

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Reich [rike]

Noun

the former German state, esp. the Nazi dictatorship in Germany from 1933–45 ([Third Reich]) [German: kingdom]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Reich - the German state body 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" Hohenzollern empire, Second Reich - the Reich when Hohenzollern monarchs ruled Germany (from 1871 to 1919) Nazi Germany, Third Reich - the Nazi dictatorship under Hitler (1933-1945)
	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) Wilhelm Reich
	3.	Reich - United States composer (born in 1936) Stephen Michael Reich, Steve Reich