Definitions for British
ˈbrɪt ɪʃBri·tish

Princeton's WordNet(2.50 / 2 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(4.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. British(Adjective)

   Of Britain (meaning the British Isles)

   Etymology: In as Bryttisc "Britons" .

2. British(Adjective)

   Of the United Kingdom.

   Etymology: In as Bryttisc "Britons" .

3. British(Adjective)

   Of the Commonwealth of Nations, or the British Empire.

   Etymology: In as Bryttisc "Britons" .

4. British(Adjective)

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

   Etymology: In as Bryttisc "Britons" .

5. British(ProperNoun)

   With the, the citizens or inhabitants of Britain collectively.

   Etymology: In as Bryttisc "Britons" .

6. British(ProperNoun)

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

   Etymology: In as Bryttisc "Britons" .

7. British(ProperNoun)

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

   Etymology: In as Bryttisc "Britons" .

8. British(ProperNoun)

   The Celtic language of the ancient Britons

   Etymology: In as Bryttisc "Britons" .

9. British(ProperNoun)

   The British English language.

   Etymology: In as Bryttisc "Britons" .

Webster Dictionary(1.67 / 3 votes)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

How to pronounce British?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say British in sign language?

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. Jasper Lawler:

   British corporate executives will be sweating before the release (of Labour's manifesto), the more extreme the Labour manifesto, the more volatility we'd expect to see in the pound and UK shares when the polls tighten closer to election day. We still favour a break above 1.30 in sterling but stand ready to reverse that call if Labour's manifesto can capture the public's imagination.

2. Franklin P. Jones:

   The British have a remarkable talent for keeping calm, even when there is no crisis.

3. Boris Johnson:

   It's really kind of irrelevant to what we're trying to do, and it certainly doesn't express the opinion of the British people that I've met.

4. Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje:

   It is an important part of British history as well as Nigerian culture, so to be able to bring a story that I have harboured for so long home to the Nigerian audience is... a wonderful sense of accomplishment.

5. Simon Walker:

   Scrabbling around to find measures to hit a bizarre and unachievable migration target is no way to give British businesses the stable environment they need.

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