British
['brɪtɪʃ]
Definition
(noun.) the people of Great Britain.
(adj.) of or relating to or characteristic of Great Britain or its people or culture; 'his wife is British' .
Editor: Yvonne--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to Great Britain or to its inhabitants; -- sometimes restricted to the original inhabitants.
(n. pl.) People of Great Britain.
Typist: Manfred
Examples
- The heaviest British gun at that time was of 111-ton weight. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In quality and tone it is a fair sample of British political thought in 1919. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- How they got there and what right they had there, the British public did not ask. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In spite of such support, and its strong appeal to national vanity, British imperialism never saturated the mass of the British peoples. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Sir John Herschel, in an address before the British Association on September 10, said that the year past had given prospect of a new planet. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- A form of band saw is found as early as 1808, in British patent No. 3,105, to Newberry. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Siemens in the provisional specification of his British patent No. 2,064, of 1857, but it does not seem at that time to have been carried out with any practical result. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Winsor takes British patent for Illuminating Gas, lights Lyceum Theatre, and organizes First Gas Company. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It was the luck of Britain that they remained, though dissentient in spirit, under the British flag. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He swore ominous oaths over the drugged beer of alehouses, and drank strange toasts in fiery British gin. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- British Patent No. 2,011, of 1873, to Willis, is the first disclosure of the platinotype. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In 1805 two fatal blows were struck at any hope he may have entertained of ultimate victory, by the British Admirals Calder and Nelson. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This was thrown out, and so too was a sentence about the British: we must endeavour to forget our former love for them . H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This principle was the discovery of Soren Hjorth, of Copenhagen, and is fully described in his British patent, No. 806 of 1855, for An Improved Magneto-Electric Battery. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Many of their dominions were less both in size and value than the larger estates of the British nobility. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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