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1.
Brittish
adj. & n.
13 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Celtic, British;
Brittish speche
; (b) Breton; (c)
Brittish occean, Brittish se
, the English Channel.
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2.
Britaine
n.
29 quotations in 2 senses
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The island on which England, Cornwall, Wales, and Scotland are (or were) situated, or those parts of the island held by Celts after the Anglo-Saxon conquest; also, specif., Wales, Cornwall;
Britaine
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