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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: British \Brit"ish\, n. pl People of Great Britain. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: British \Brit"ish\ (br[i^]t"[i^]sh), a. [AS. Brittisc Bryttisc.] Of or pertaining to Great Britain or to its inhabitants; -- sometimes restricted to the original inhabitants. {British gum}, a brownish substance, very soluble in cold water, formed by heating dry starch at a temperature of about 600[deg] Fahr. It corresponds, in its properties, to dextrin, and is used in solution, as a substitute for gum in stiffering goods. {British lion}, the national emblem of Great Britain. {British seas}, the four seas which surround Great Britain. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: British adj : of or relating to or characteristic of Great Britain or its people or culture; "his wife is British" [syn: {British}] n : the people of Great Britain [syn: {British}, {British people}, {the British}, {Brits}]
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