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BRITISH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The people of Great Britain
Synonyms:
British; British people; Brits
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("British" is a kind of...):
country; land; nation (the people who live in a nation or country)
Derivation:
British (of or relating to or characteristic of Great Britain or its people or culture)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to or characteristic of Great Britain or its people or culture
Example:
his wife is British
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Great Britain (an island comprising England and Scotland and Wales)
Derivation:
British (the people of Great Britain)
Context examples:
Watson, you are a British jury, and I never met a man who was more eminently fitted to represent one.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A traditional unit of liquid volume equal in the British Imperial system to 1/20 pint, or 1.733 871 cubic inches or 28.413 063 milliliters.
(Fluid Ounce British, NCI Thesaurus)
Sorry to see that you’ve had the British workman in the house.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A traditional unit of volume equal to 20 British fluid ounces, 34.678 cubic inches or approximately 568.261 milliliters.
(Pint British, NCI Thesaurus)
A historical British unit of dry volume equal to 4 dry quarts, or 1/8 of a US bushel (Winchester bushel), or 268.8025 cubic inches, or 4404.88377086 milliliters.
(Gallon Historical, NCI Thesaurus)
That’s a stone and a half for the average British woman, or two stone for a man.
(Scientists Find Virus Linked to Weight Gain, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
A traditional (non-SI) unit of volume equal to two British gallons, or approximately 9.09218 liters.
(Dry Peck British, NCI Thesaurus)
A British Overseas Territory on the southeast coast of Cyprus.
(Dhekelia, NCI Thesaurus)
The CGS system was introduced formally by the British Association for the Advancement of Science in 1874.
(CGS System, NCI Thesaurus)
EORTC maintains close working relationship with NCI and the British Cancer Research United Kingdom in London.
(European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer, NCI Thesaurus)
