british

Speech parts

1. british - Noun

2. british - Adjective

4. British - Proper noun

Meaning

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

People of Great Britain.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

english Brits anglo British people european royal russian breton jamaican englishman gallic briton french brit spanish

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Antonyms

foreign continental alien foreigner non-british un-british

Hypernyms

country land nation

Phrases with the word

British royal family British Canadian British Open Interior of British Columbia British North America British Togoland

Examples

The most conservative man in this world is the British trade unionist when you want to change him. Ernest Bevin

The British tourist is always happy abroad as long as the natives are waiters. Robert Morley

Like the British Constitution, she owes her success in practice to her inconsistencies in principle. Thomas Hardy

To cure the British disease with socialism was like trying to cure leukaemia with leeches. Margaret Thatcher

Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest. Mahatma Gandhi

We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one of its periodical fits of morality. Thomas Babington Macaulay

Close letter words and terms

briticism Britification Britify british aerial defense british aerial forces british aerial service