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Brit·ish / ˈbritish/ • adj. 1. of or relating to Great Britain or the United Kingdom, or to its people or language. 2. of the British Commonwealth or (formerly) the British Empire. • n. [as pl. n.] (the British) the British people. DERIVATIVES: Brit·ish·ness n. |
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"British." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "British." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-british.html "British." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-british.html |
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British pert. to ancient Britons OE.; pert. to Great Britain XIV. OE. Brettisc, Brit-, Bryt-, f. Bret, pl. Brettas, etc., based on L. Brittō (pl. Brittones), or OCelt. *Britto or *Brittos; see -ISH1.
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T. F. HOAD. "British." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "British." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-British.html T. F. HOAD. "British." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-British.html |
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British (Briotás) Antrim. ‘Wooden palisade’.
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A. D. MILLS. "British." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. A. D. MILLS. "British." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-British.html A. D. MILLS. "British." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-British.html |
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British
•cattish, fattish, flattish
•smartish
•coquettish, fetish, pettish, wettish
•leftish • Kentish
•latish, straightish
•sweetish
•British, skittish, twittish
•Pictish
•brightish, lightish, rightish, slightish, whitish
•hottish, Scottish, sottish
•softish • shortish • saltish
•loutish, stoutish
•goatish
•coltish, doltish
•brutish, Jutish
•sluttish • smoothish
•lavish, ravish
•elvish
•knavish, slavish
•peevish, thievish
•spivvish • dervish
•anguish, languish
•vanquish
•distinguish, extinguish
•relinquish
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"British." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "British." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-British.html "British." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-British.html |
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