British

British

The word British is an adjective referring in various ways to the United Kingdom, or the island of Great Britain, and its people.

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Famous quotes containing the word british:

    “Gorgonised me from head to foot,
    With a stony British stare.”
    —Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)

    “I’m a bad son. Is it the chromosomes, do you think, or is it England?”
    —David Mercer, British screenwriter, and Karel Reisz. Morgan (David Warner)

    “I am actually what my age and my upbringing have made me—a bourgeois who adheres to the British constitution, adheres to it rather than supports it, and the fact that this isn’t dignified doesn’t worry me.”
    —E.M. (Edward Morgan)