British Definition

British
adj

1. Belonging or relating to Great Britain or its inhabitants.
2. Belonging or relating to the British Empire or to the Commonwealth.
3. Belonging or relating to the variety of English used in Britain.
4. The people of Great Britain as a group (see the 4).

Form: the British

noun

1. British English.
2. historical
The language of the ancient Britons.

Derivative: Britisher
noun

(S)
A British person.

Derivative: Britishness
noun

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon Bryttisc, from Bryt a Briton or Welshman.