dynasty
dahy nuh stee
- n a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family
- Thus, when the Manchu dynasty at last collapsed in 1911, in some measure because of the ceaseless pressure exerted by Sun and his revolutionary followers, he was named provisional .
- LOUISIANA A Dynasty Ends When Louisiana's Governor Earl Long got to thinking about the end of his term this year, he mulled over some ideas for carrying on the Long dynasty.
- Henry Pu Yi started out life as an anachronism, a boy emperor of a fading dynasty.