Dynasty : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Dynasty	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Dynasty
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dynasty n a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dynasty \Dy"nas*ty\ (?; 277), n.; pl. {Dynasties}. [Gr. [?] lordship, fr. [?] to hold power or lordship, fr. [?]: cf. F. dynastie dynasty. See {Dynast}.] 1. Sovereignty; lordship; dominion. --Johnson. 2. A race or succession of kings, of the same line or family; the continued lordship of a race of rulers.