second empire

/S EH1 K AH0 N D EH0 M P AY0 ER0/
noun
  1. 1

    An architectural and furniture style that originated in the French Second Empire.

  2. 2

    Ellipsis of Second French Empire (1852โ€“1870). [(historical) The French empire ruled by Napoleon III from 1852 to 1870.]