Usually means: Institution or place with authority.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. establishment, the establishment: Merriam-Webster
  2. establishment, the Establishment: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. establishment: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. establishment, the Establishment: Collins English Dictionary
  5. establishment: Vocabulary.com
  6. Establishment, establishment: Wordnik
  7. establishment, the establishment: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Establishment, establishment: Wiktionary
  9. establishment: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. establishment: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. establishment: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. establishment, the Establishment, the establishment: Dictionary.com
  13. establishment: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Establishment (disambiguation), Establishment, The Establishment (Pakistan), The Establishment (club), The Establishment, The establishment: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Establishment: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. establishment: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. establishment: Rhymezone
  18. establishment: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. establishment: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. establishment: FreeDictionary.org
  21. establishment: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. The Establishment, establishment: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. establishment: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  24. establishment: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. establishment: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  3. Establishment: Energy Dictionary
  4. The Establishment, establishment: Legal dictionary
  5. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. The Establishment, establishment: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Political (No longer online)
  2. Encyclopedia of Graphic Symbols (No longer online)
  3. A Brief Critical Dictionary of Education (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Establishment, The Establishment: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  The act or process of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.
noun:  The state of being established, founded, etc.; fixed state.
noun:  That which is established; as a form of government, a permanent organization, business or force, or the place where one is permanently fixed for residence.
noun:  The ruling class or authority group in a society; especially, an entrenched authority dedicated to preserving the status quo.
noun:  The number of staff required to run a department or organisation (often used in the context of healthcare and other public services).
noun:  (Christianity) The institution and official status of a church as a state church, especially that of the Church of England and historically of Ireland.
noun:  Any particular establishment (ruling class) that is construed as the sole one within a given context (such as a specific country).

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