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British English , BRITISH ENGLISH Short from BrE. The English language as used in Britain. The phrase contrasts with kinds of ENGLISH used elsewhere, and especially wi… Serve , serve / sərv/ • v. [tr.] 1. perform duties or services for (another person or an organization): Malcolm has served the church very faithfully. ∎ prov… English Horn , Eng·lish horn • n. Mus. an alto woodwind instrument of the oboe family, having a bulbous bell and sounding a fifth lower than the oboe.
English horn… Modern English , MODERN ENGLISH, short form ModE, MnE. Also sometimes New English.
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