Recent Examples on the WebShortly afterwards, Twinings—another top brand, owned by Associated British Foods—reported its highest ever after-tax earnings of £77 million ($97.8 million).—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune Europe, 3 July 2024 But the Fourth did not signify the final victory of the American Revolution against the British.—Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 3 July 2024 The fund has been launched in conjunction with the Fashion Council Germany (FCG), much as the CFDA works with American Vogue, or the British Fashion Council with Vogue UK.—Mark Holgate, Vogue, 2 July 2024 In 1931, the British Medical Journal, citing a book published by H. Stanley Redgrove that same year, proposed that its real use was as a cleanser.—Katrina Gulliver, JSTOR Daily, 2 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for British
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English Bruttische of Britain, from Old English Brettisc, from Brettas Britons, of Celtic origin; akin to Welsh Brython Briton
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Time Traveler
The first known use of British was
before the 12th century
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