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a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
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used of British soldiers during the American Revolutionary War because of their red coats
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a British solo dance performed by sailors
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British slang for a swindle
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British informal for `intoxicated'
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British slang for a look
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demonstration (1773) by citizens of Boston who (disguised as Indians) raided three British ships in Boston harbor and dumped hundreds of chests of tea into the harbor; organized as a protest against taxes on tea
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the form of nonviolent resistance initiated in India by Mahatma Gandhi in order to oppose British rule and to hasten political reforms
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the prolonged bombardment of British cities by the German Luftwaffe during World War II and the aerial combat that accompanied it
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a pitched battle in World War II (1942) resulting in a decisive Allied victory by British troops under Montgomery over German troops under Rommel
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discontent with British administration in India led to numerous mutinies in 1857 and 1858; the revolt was put down after several battles and sieges (notably the siege at Lucknow)
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an indecisive naval battle in World War I (1916); fought between the British and German fleets off the northwestern coast of Denmark
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the British residents of Lucknow were besieged by Indian insurgents during the Indian Mutiny (1857)
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a pitched battle in New Jersey during the American Revolution (1778) that ended with the withdrawal of British forces
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a decisive naval battle in the War of Greek Independence (1827); the Turkish and Egyptian fleet was defeated by an allied fleet of British and French and Russian warships
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the victory in 1757 by the British under Clive over Siraj-ud-daula that established British supremacy over Bengal
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in the English Channel a small fleet of British ships successfully defeated the large armada sent from Spain by Philip II to invade England
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the battle on 18 June 1815 in which Prussian and British forces under Blucher and the Duke of Wellington routed the French forces under Napoleon
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either of two wars: the first when the Boers fought England in order to regain the independence they had given up to obtain British help against the Zulus (1880-1881); the second when the Orange Free State and Transvaal declared war on Britain (1899-1902)
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the re-establishment of the British monarchy in 1660
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of or relating to British universities founded in the late 19th century or the 20th century
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British breed having a long silky coat and rounded head with a short upturned muzzle
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hardy British hound having long pendulous ears and a thick coarse shaggy coat with an oily undercoat; bred for hunting otters
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small rough-coated terrier of British origin
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British breed of large heavy draft horse
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British informal for donkey
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British breed of hornless dark-faced domestic sheep
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act as a servant for older boys, in British public schools
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tall hat; worn by some British soldiers on ceremonial occasions
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British term for the luggage compartment in a car
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a ship of the British navy; in 1789 part of the crew mutinied against their commander William Bligh and set him afloat in an open boat
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relating to British India or the English in India
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a teashop where students in British universities can purchase light meals
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informal British term for a cafe
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British slang (dated) for a prison
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a skullcap worn by nuns under a veil or by soldiers under a hood of mail or formerly by British sergeants-at-law
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of or relating to the former British colony of Georgia
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a United States 44-gun frigate that was one of the first three naval ships built by the United States; it won brilliant victories over British frigates during the War of 1812 and is without doubt the most famous ship in the history of the United States Navy; it has been rebuilt and is anchored in the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston
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military quarters of midshipmen and junior officers on a British warship
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a large sailing ship that was engaged in the British trade with India
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(British informal) a provincial British university of relatively recent founding; distinguished from Oxford University and Cambridge University
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a small room (in large old British houses) next to the kitchen; where kitchen utensils are cleaned and kept and other rough household jobs are done
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a lightweight British submachine gun
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furniture consisting of a table or stand to hold a basin and pitcher of water for washing: `wash-hand stand' is a British term
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the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British)
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an informal British expression for head or mind
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British journalism
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a title used to address any British peer except a duke and extended to a bishop or a judge
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a British revision of the Authorized Version
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record of a British census and land survey in 1085-1086 ordered by William the Conqueror
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a British doctorate
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a British military decoration for gallantry
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a British military decoration for distinguished conduct in the field
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a British military decoration for special service in action
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British slang for a scolding
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the symbol of the power of the British monarchy
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a report published by the British government; bound in blue
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an arrowhead mark identifying British government property
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a British sweet made with molasses and butter and almonds
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a British candy flavored with brandy
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colloquial British abbreviation
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colloquial British abbreviation for chocolate ice cream
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pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms
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alcoholic drink from fermented cider; `cider' and `cyder' are European (especially British) usages for the fermented beverage
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an English company formed in 1600 to develop trade with the new British colonies in India and southeastern Asia; in the 18th century it assumed administrative control of Bengal and held it until the British army took over in 1858 after the Indian Mutiny
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a radical terrorist group dedicated to the removal of British forces from Northern Ireland and the unification of Ireland
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a militant organization of Irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive British forces from Northern Ireland and achieve a united independent Ireland
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a Turkish terrorist organization that claimed responsibility for bombing a British consulate and bank in Istanbul; a violent opponent of Turkey's secular government and its ties to the European Union and NATO
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an association of nations consisting of the United Kingdom and several former British colonies that are now sovereign states but still pay allegiance to the British Crown
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the British royal court
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the British government
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a British financial system in which a bank or a post office transfers money from one account to another when they receive authorization to do so
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British name for a fire department
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a board of the British government that administers and collects major direct taxes
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the official cartography agency of the British government
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the British royal family since 1917
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a British volunteer cavalry force organized in 1761 for home defense later incorporated into the Territorial Army
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an association of British socialists who advocate gradual reforms within the law leading to democratic socialism
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British school for children aged 7-11
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British school for children aged 5-7
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an honorary English society (formalized in 1660 and given a royal charter by Charles II in 1662) through which the British government has supported science
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a British university that is open to people without formal academic qualifications and where teaching is by correspondence or broadcasting or summer school
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a British abbreviation of `university'; usually refers to Oxford University or Cambridge University
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the group of countries whose currencies are tied to the British pound sterling
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an advisory council to a ruler (especially to the British Crown)
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the British legislative body
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the clandestine military wing of the Jewish leadership during the British rule over the mandate of Palestine from 1920 to 1948; became the basis for the Israeli defense force
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a specialist regiment of the British army that is trained in commando techniques of warfare and used in clandestine operations (especially against terrorist groups)
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the government agency in the United Kingdom that is responsible for internal security and counterintelligence on British territory
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the British civil service
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a British youth subculture that first appeared in the 1950s; mainly from unskilled backgrounds, they adopted a pseudo-Edwardian dress code and rock'n'roll music; proletarian and xenophobic, they were involved in race riots in the United Kingdom
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originally a British youth subculture that evolved out of the teddy boys in the 1960s; wore black leather jackets and jeans and boots; had greased hair and rode motorcycles and listened to rock'n'roll; were largely unskilled manual laborers
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the senior ministers of the British government
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British unit of nonprofessional soldiers organized for the defense of Great Britain
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a former British secondary school emphasizing practical rather than academic education
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a large British or Canadian secondary school for children of all abilities
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British equivalent of United States savings and loan association
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a British colony controlled by the British Crown, represented by a governor
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a British colony in the West Indies
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a British colony in the Caribbean to the northwest of Jamaica; an international banking center
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a group of islands in the Atlantic off the Carolina coast; British colony; a popular resort
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a republic on the western coast of central Africa; was under French and British control until 1960
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a group of over 100 islands in the southern Atlantic off the coast of Argentina; a British Crown Colony
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a country on the northeastern coast of Central America on the Caribbean; formerly under British control
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a parliamentary democracy on the island of Barbados; former British colony; a popular resort area
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the part of Berlin under United States and British and French control until 1989
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a city in southeastern Germany on the Elbe River; it was almost totally destroyed by British air raids in 1945
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a former British mandate on the east coast of the Mediterranean; divided between Jordan and Israel in 1948
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a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony
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an island territory of Australia in the Pacific Ocean off the eastern coast of Australia; formerly a British penal colony
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a group of islands in Micronesia to the southwest of Hawaii; formerly part of the British colony of Gilbert and Ellice Islands until it became part of the Republic of Kiribati in 1979
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a small island republic on the Tuvalu islands; formerly part of the British colony of Gilbert and Ellice Islands until it withdrew in 1975 and became independent of the United Kingdom in 1978
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a former British possession in Micronesia
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a landlocked republic in south-central Africa that became independent from British control in the 1960s
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the London residence of the British sovereign
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a castle in northeastern Scotland that is a private residence of the British sovereign
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a city in northern India in Uttar Pradesh; during the Indian Mutiny its British residents were besieged by Indian insurgents
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a seaport in northern France on the North Sea; scene of the evacuation of British forces in 1940 during World War II
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one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States
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one of the British colonies that formed the United States
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one of the British colonies that formed the United States
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one of the British colonies that formed the United States
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one of the British colonies that formed the United States
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one of the British colonies that formed the United States
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one of the British colonies that formed the United States
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one of the British colonies that formed the United States
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one of the British colonies that formed the United States
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one of the British colonies that formed the United States
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one of the British colonies that formed the United States
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one of the British colonies that formed the United States
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one of the British colonies that formed the United States
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one of the British colonies that formed the United States
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British secret operative 007 in novels by Ian Fleming
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a person of Anglo-Saxon (especially British) descent whose native tongue is English and whose culture is strongly influenced by English culture as in WASP for `White Anglo-Saxon Protestant'
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a member of the Nepalese force that has been part of the British army for 200 years; known for fierceness in combat
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an official in a British hospital who looks after the social and material needs of the patients
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a British peer of the lowest rank
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a member of the British order of honor; ranks below a baron but above a knight
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a British or Canadian lawyer who speaks in the higher courts of law on behalf of either the defense or prosecution
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an orderly assigned to serve a British military officer
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an informal term for a British policeman
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a noncommissioned officer in the British artillery
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the British cabinet minister responsible for finance
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a British or Canadian accountant who is a member of a professional body that has a royal charter
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British term for someone who introduces television acts or cabarets etc
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a nobleman (in various countries) having rank equal to a British earl
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British soldier; so-called because of his red coat (especially during the American Revolution)
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a British peer of the highest rank
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a British peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount
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a personal attendant of the British royal family
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(formerly) a British infantryman armed with a light flintlock musket
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one of 40 gentlemen who attend the British sovereign on state occasions
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any of the British rulers who were members of the House of Hanover
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the British cabinet minister who is head of the Home Office
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Counsel to the Crown when the British monarch is a king
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a barrister selected to serve as counsel to the British ruler
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a member of the British Labour Party
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a British peer whose title lapses at death
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a British dandy in the 18th century who affected Continental mannerisms
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a German nobleman ranking above a count (corresponding in rank to a British marquess)
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a British peer ranking below a duke and above an earl
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a British teenager or young adult in the 1960s; noted for their clothes consciousness and opposition to the rockers
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a member of a society founded in Ireland in 1795 to uphold Protestantism and the British sovereign
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a person who has the right to be considered legally a British citizen (by virtue of the birth of a parent or grandparent)
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a nobleman (duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage
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the male heir apparent of the British sovereign
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the eldest daughter of a British sovereign
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Counsel to the Crown when the British monarch is a queen
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holder of a British professorship created by a royal patron
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a young person who belongs to a British or American group that shave their heads and gather at rock concerts or engage in white supremacist demonstrations
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an informal British term for a youth or man
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a British lawyer who gives legal advice and prepares legal documents
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a British commissioned army officer below the rank of captain
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an American who favored the British side during the American Revolution
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the British cabinet minister responsible for economic strategy
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an innkeeper (especially British)
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a British peer who ranks below an earl and above a baron
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officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch
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British choreographer (1906-1988)
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British politician (born in the United States) who was the first woman to sit in the British House of Commons (1879-1964)
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10827873-n:
British statesman and leader of the Labour Party who instituted the welfare state in Britain (1883-1967)
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10839791-n:
British newspaper publisher and politician (born in Canada); confidant of Winston Churchill (1879-1964)
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British inventor and metallurgist who developed the Bessemer process (1813-1898)
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British economist (born in India) whose report on social insurance provided the basis for most of the social legislation on which the welfare state in the United Kingdom is based (1879-1963)
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British labor leader and statesman who played an important role in diplomacy after World War II (1884-1951)
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British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799)
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British statesman who became prime minister in 1997 (born in 1953)
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visionary British poet and painter (1757-1827)
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British admiral; was captain of the H.M.S. Bounty in 1789 when part of the crew mutinied and set him afloat in an open boat; a few weeks later he arrived safely in Timor 4,000 miles away (1754-1817)
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British nuclear physicist (born in Germany) honored for his contributions to quantum mechanics (1882-1970)
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British general in the American Revolution who captured Fort Ticonderoga but lost the battle of Saratoga in 1777 (1722-1792)
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British chemist and physicist who established that water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen and who calculated the density of the earth (1731-1810)
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British statesman who as Prime Minister pursued a policy of appeasement toward fascist Germany (1869-1940)
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British biochemist (born in Germany) who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1906-1979)
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a British cabinetmaker remembered for his graceful designs (especially of chairs) which influenced his contemporaries (1718-1779)
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British statesman and leader during World War II; received Nobel prize for literature in 1953 (1874-1965)
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British general and statesman whose victory at Plassey in 1757 strengthened British control of India (1725-1774)
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British physicist who (with Ernest Walton in 1931) first split an atom (1897-1967)
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United States tennis player who was the first woman to win the United States, British, French, and Australian championships in the same year (1953) (1934-1969)
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commander of the British forces in the American War of Independence; was defeated by American and French troops at Yorktown (1738-1805)
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British statesman who as Prime Minister bought controlling interest in the Suez Canal and made Queen Victoria the empress of India (1804-1881)
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British marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970)
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10956134-n:
British composer of choral and orchestral works including two symphonies as well as songs and chamber music and music for brass band (1857-1934)
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10956883-n:
British writer of novels characterized by realistic analysis of provincial Victorian society (1819-1880)
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10957072-n:
British poet (born in the United States) who won the Nobel prize for literature; his plays are outstanding examples of modern verse drama (1888-1965)
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British sculptor (born in the United States) noted for busts and large controversial works (1880-1959)
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British archaeologist who excavated the palace of Knossos in Crete to find what he called Minoan civilization (1851-1941)
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10964261-n:
a British psychologist (born in Germany) noted for his theories of intelligence and personality and for his strong criticism of Freudian psychoanalysis
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10972985-n:
British writer famous for writing spy novels about secret agent James Bond (1908-1964)
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British explorer who mapped the Australian coast (1774-1814)
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British pathologist who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1898-1968)
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British physicist (born in Austria) who with Lise Meitner recognized that Otto Hahn had produced a new kind of nuclear reaction which they named nuclear fission; Frisch described the explosive potential of a chain nuclear reaction (1904-1979)
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British physicist who was born in Germany and fled Nazi persecution; in the 1940s he passed secret information to the USSR about the development of the atom bomb in the United States (1911-1988)
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British physicist (born in Hungary) noted for his work on holography (1900-1979)
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British historian remembered for his ten-volume history of England (1829-1902)
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liberal British statesman who served as prime minister four times (1809-1898)
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British writer noted for romantic adventure novels (1856-1925)
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a prolific British baroque composer (born in Germany) remembered best for his oratorio Messiah (1685-1759)
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British newspaper publisher (1865-1922)
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British marshal of the Royal Air Force; during World War II he directed mass bombing raids against German cities that resulted in heavy civilian casualties (1892-1984)
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a leader of the American Revolution and a famous orator who spoke out against British rule of the American colonies (1736-1799)
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British sculptor (1902-1975)
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British writer who defended the Romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859)
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British physicist who invented the Kelvin scale of temperature and pioneered undersea telegraphy (1824-1907)
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United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812; the poem was later set to music and entitled `The Star-Spangled Banner' (1779-1843)
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Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701)
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British field marshal (1850-1916)
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British writer (born in Hungary) who wrote a novel exposing the Stalinist purges during the 1930s (1905-1983)
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British filmmaker (born in Hungary) (1893-1956)
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British chemist who with Robert Curl and Richard Smalley discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1939)
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British actress and mistress of the prince who later became Edward VII (1853-1929)
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British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888)
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British actress (born in Canada) (1898-1989)
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British political cartoonist (born in New Zealand) who created the character Colonel Blimp (1891-1963)
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British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943)
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British anthropologist (born in Poland) who introduced the technique of the participant observer (1884-1942)
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British immunologist (born in Brazil) who studied tissue transplants and discovered that the rejection of grafts was an immune response (1915-1987)
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British violinist (born in the United States) who began his career as a child prodigy in the 1920s (1916-1999)
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British maker of printed calico cloth who invented mercerizing (1791-1866)
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English general during World War II; won victories over Rommel in North Africa and led British ground forces in the invasion of Normandy (1887-1976)
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British sculptor whose works are monumental organic forms (1898-1986)
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British philologist (born in Germany) who specialized in Sanskrit (1823-1900)
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11196627-n:
British writer of short stories (1870-1916)
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11196764-n:
British writer (born in Ireland) known primarily for her novels (1919-1999)
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11197417-n:
British classical scholar (born in Australia) who advocated the League of Nations and the United Nations (1866-1957)
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British statesman under George III whose policies led to rebellion in the American colonies (1732-1792)
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British industrialist who manufactured automobiles and created a philanthropic foundation (1877-1963)
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British writer (born in Hungary) (1865-1947)
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11217479-n:
imaginative British writer concerned with social justice (1903-1950)
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British actor (born in Ireland in 1932)
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11223119-n:
British historian noted for ridicule of bureaucracies (1909-1993)
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British politician (1788-1850)
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a British or Irish monk who denied the doctrines of original sin and predestination and defended human goodness and free will; his views were declared heretical by the Council of Ephesus in 431 (circa 360-418)
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a British playwright who created the fictional character Sweeney Todd (1799-1855)
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11245590-n:
British writer of novels about nature; one of three literary brothers (1872-1963)
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British writer of allegorical novels; one of three literary brothers (1875-1953)
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British writer of essays; one of three literary brothers (1884-1939)
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British colonial administrator who founded Singapore (1781-1826)
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British playwright (1911-1977)
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American silversmith remembered for his midnight ride (celebrated in a poem by Longfellow) to warn the colonists in Lexington and Concord that British troops were coming (1735-1818)
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British colonial financier and statesman in South Africa; made a fortune in gold and diamond mining; helped colonize the territory now known as Zimbabwe; he endowed annual fellowships for British Commonwealth and United States students to study at Oxford University (1853-1902)
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British stage and screen actor noted for playing classic roles (1902-1983)
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British physician who discovered that mosquitos transmit malaria (1857-1932)
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British explorer of the Arctic and Antarctic; located the north magnetic pole in 1831; discovered the Ross Sea in Antarctica; nephew of Sir John Ross (1800-1862)
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British writer of novels who was born in India; one of his novels is regarded as blasphemous by Muslims and a fatwa was issued condemning him to death (born in 1947)
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British art critic (1819-1900)
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British physicist (born in New Zealand) who discovered the atomic nucleus and proposed a nuclear model of the atom (1871-1937)
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11276549-n:
British chemist who isolated nitrogen (1749-1819)
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11289161-n:
British author of historical novels and ballads (1771-1832)
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British playwright (born in Ireland); founder of the Fabian Society (1856-1950)
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11320245-n:
British dramatist (born in Czechoslovakia in 1937)
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British stateswoman; first woman to serve as Prime Minister (born in 1925)
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British philologist and writer of fantasies (born in South Africa) (1892-1973)
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British physicist (born in Ireland) remembered for his experiments on the transparency of gases and the absorption of radiant heat by gases and the transmission of sound through the atmosphere; he was the first person to explain why the daylight sky is blue (1820-1893)
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British actor and playwright (1921-2004)
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British historian (born in Russia) (1854-1925)
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Englishman and Whig statesman who (under George I) was effectively the first British prime minister (1676-1745)
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British field marshal in North Africa in World War II; he defeated the Italians before being defeated by the Germans (1883-1950)
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British general and statesman; he defeated Napoleon at Waterloo; subsequently served as Prime Minister (1769-1852)
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British writer (born in Ireland) (1892-1983)
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British philosopher born in Austria; a major influence on logic and logical positivism (1889-1951)
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British physicist and Egyptologist; he revived the wave theory of light and proposed a three-component theory of color vision; he also played an important role in deciphering the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone (1773-1829)
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early spring flower common in British isles having fragrant yellow or sometimes purple flowers
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a British term for some kinds of insurance
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a check given by the British government to someone who is unemployed; it can be cashed either at a bank or at the post office
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British money; especially the pound sterling as the basic monetary unit of the UK
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a former British gold coin worth 21 shillings
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a former British bronze coin worth a quarter of a penny
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specially minted silver coins that are distributed by the British sovereign on Maundy Thursday
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a sum of money voted by British Parliament each year for the expenses of the British royal family
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a unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System; British units are both dry and wet
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a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile
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a former British unit of length once used in navigation; equivalent to 6,000 feet (1828.8 meters)
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a British unit of weight equivalent to 112 pounds
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a British unit of weight equivalent to 2240 pounds
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a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)
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an informal British abbreviation of approval
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British dominion over India (1757-1947)
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a period in British history during the reign of Elizabeth I in the 16th century; an age marked by literary achievement and domestic prosperity
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a period in British history during the reign of Queen Victoria in the 19th century; her character and moral standards restored the prestige of the British monarchy but gave the era a prudish reputation
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a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities
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British, anniversary of Queen Victoria's birth
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