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:

    “We may be scum, but at least we’re la crème de la scum.”
    —Report on the British royal family. quoted in Sunday Times (London, Nov. 13, 1988)

    “The House of Lords is the British Outer Mongolia for retired politicians.”
    —Tony Benn (b. 1925)

    “Like the British Constitution, she owes her success in practice to her inconsistencies in principle.”
    —Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)