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Of or pertaining to Great Britain or to its inhabitants; -- sometimes restricted to the original inhabitants.

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  1. a. Of or pertaining to Great Britain or to its inhabitants; -- sometimes restricted to the original inhabitants.
  2. n. pl. People of Great Britain.
  3. adj. of or relating to or characteristic of Great Britain or its people or culture
  4. n. the people of Great Britain
  5. Of or pertaining to Great Britain or to its inhabitants; -- sometimes restrict 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° 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. People of Great Britain.
  6. Of or pertaining to Great Britain or to its inhabitants; --sometimes restrict to the original inhabitants. British gum, abrownish substance, very soluble in cold water, formed by heating drystarch at a temperature of about 600° Fahr. It corresponds, in itsproperties, to dextrin, and is used, in solution, as a substitute forgum in stiffering goods.-- British lion, the national emblem of Great Britain.-- British seas, the four seas which surround Great Britain.
  7. j:100 n. the people of Great Britain a. of or relating to or characteristic of Great Britain or its people or culture