Recent Examples on the WebThough from North Vancouver, British Columbia, Celebrini’s father, Rick, is vice president of player health and performance for the NBA’s Golden State Warriors, and the youngster spent a year playing for the Sharks’ junior team.—John Wawrow, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2024 In September, one estimate found that by 2030, at its current pace of development, British Columbia will be 610,000 units of housing short of what would have been considered affordable a decade ago.—Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 June 2024 Among the ones that do are JetBlue, Frontier Airlines, Air Canada, and British Airways.—Eric Rosen, Travel + Leisure, 7 June 2024 Lord Mountbatten’s husband Mountbatten made headlines in 2016 by being the first person in the extended British Royal Family to come out as gay.—Rebecca Schneid, TIME, 7 June 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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