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british::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Synonyms | british people, brits |
| Type of | country, land, nation |
british:: | Spocien Dictionary
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Examples of british
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British trade unions have a sure touch when it comes to antagonizing the public.
From the newsweek.com
British company Colt has figured out how to create a carbon-neutral data centre.
From the nzherald.co.nz
British rock desperately needs a big new act to capture the popular imagination.
From the telegraph.co.uk
British politicians, for their part, generally steered clear of the controversy.
From the washingtonpost.com
British officials are considering turning the prison into visitor accommodation.
From the independent.co.uk
British officials are optimistic that other European countries will follow suit.
From the telegraph.co.uk
British Airways canceled all Saturday domestic and European flights at Heathrow.
From the edition.cnn.com
British character pervades Tigre, with Victorians and half-timbered mock Tudors.
From the post-gazette.com
British Airways gained 12 percent to 146 pence, the steepest advance since 2002.
From the bloomberg.com
- The people of Great Britain
- Of or relating to or characteristic of Great Britain or its people or culture; "his wife is British"
- The Britons were an ancient Celtic people who lived in Great Britain from the Iron Age through the Roman and Sub-Roman periods. They spoke a language that is now known as Common Brittonic.
- The British (also known as Britons, informally Brits, or archaically Britishers) are citizens of the United Kingdom, of the Isle of Man, one of the Channel Islands, or of one of the British overseas territories, and their descendants. ...
- Britishness is the state or quality of being British, or of embodying British characteristics, and is used to refer to that which binds and distinguishes the British people and forms the basis of their unity and identity, or to explain expressions of British cultureu2014such as habits, behaviours, or symbolsu2014that have a common, familiar or iconic quality readily identifiable with the United Kingdom...
- In the early days of bicycle manufacture, every industrialized country had its own system of thread sizes and standard dimensions for bicycle parts. The British system is the one that has, by-and-large, prevailed. British dimensions have mostly been adopted by the I.S.O. ...
- Is the correct adjective pertaining to the United Kingdom; for example, a citizen of the UK is both officially and colloquially described as a British citizen.
- Adjective referring to Britain, or its inhabitants or citizens. Taken to mean 'of the United Kingdom', rather than 'of Great Britain'.
