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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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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