Definitions for British
ˈbrɪt ɪʃBri·tish

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. British, British people, Brits(adj)

   the people of Great Britain

2. British(adj)

   of or relating to or characteristic of Great Britain or its people or culture

   "his wife is British"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. British(Adjective)

   Of Britain (meaning the British Isles)

2. British(Adjective)

   Of the United Kingdom.

3. British(Adjective)

   Of the Commonwealth of Nations, or the British Empire.

4. British(Adjective)

   Of the ancient inhabitants of the southern part of Britain; Brythonic.

5. British(ProperNoun)

   With the, the citizens or inhabitants of Britain collectively.

6. British(ProperNoun)

   With the, the citizens or inhabitants of the United Kingdom collectively.

7. British(ProperNoun)

   The ancient inhabitants of the southern part of Britain, also called ancient Britons.

8. British(ProperNoun)

   The Celtic language of the ancient Britons

9. British(ProperNoun)

   The British English language.

Origin: In as Bryttisc "Britons" .

Webster Dictionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. British(adj)

   of or pertaining to Great Britain or to its inhabitants; -- sometimes restricted to the original inhabitants

2. British

   people of Great Britain

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'British' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #223

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'British' in Written Corpus Frequency: #610

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'British' in Adjectives Frequency: #16

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of British in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of British in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of British in a Sentence

1. Naomi Penfold:

   I'm British and I'm bothered.

2. Apichart Boonsriroj:

   A British national is still missing.

3. Willie Carlin:

   He delivered the IRA to the British government.

4. Noah Feldman:

   That was language that they borrowed from the British.

5. Winston Churchill:

   The maxim of the British people is 'Business as Usual.'

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