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Brit·ish (brit′is̸h)

adjective

  1. of or pertaining to the ancient Britons
  2. of Great Britain or its people, language, or culture
  3. of the Commonwealth

Etymology: ME Brittish < OE Bryttisc < Bret, pl. Bryttas, name of the Celt inhabitants of Britain; of Celt orig.

noun

  1. the language of the ancient Britons
  2. British English
British Idioms

the British

the people of Great Britain: sometimes broadly applied to all the people of the Commonwealth

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British Synonyms

British

modif.

  1. English

    English, Anglian, Anglo-; see Anglo-Saxon, English.

  2. Celtic

    Gaelic, Cymric, Brythonic; see Scots, Welsh.


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British Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

  • entire: The entire british from medicare requesting to leave their.

Preposition: as

  • inventor: Lauded by the british as the inventor of television, was John logie Baird really a hero or a fraud?
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British quotes

   We British are an aggressive nation.We seem to have become more violent this last decade: look how we drive fast and furious, with fists clenched; listen, at the stadiums, how the crowds shout,'Kick his fuckin' head in,'or to the sirens of police cars and ambulances in the shoddy streets of Brixton or Liverpool.

-Abse, Dannie

The Knight in the triumph of his heart made several 6 reflections on thegreatness of the British Nation; as, that one Englishman could beat three Frenchmen; that we could never be in danger of Popery so long as we took care of our fleet; that theThames was thenoblest river in Europe; that London Bridge was a greater piece of work than any of the Seven Wonders of the World; with many other honest prejudices which naturally cleave to the heart of a true Englishman.

-Addison,Joseph

The British'Sphere of Influence'öthe cricket ball.

-Anonymous

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