Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

British

British (brit"ish) , adjective

[Anglo-Saxon Brittisc, Bryttisc.]

Of or pertaining to Great Britain or to its inhabitants; -- sometimes restricted to the original inhabitants.
Collocations (3)
British gum , a brownish substance, very soluble in cold water, formed by heating dry starch at a temperature of about 600° Fahr. It corresponds, in its properties, to dextrin, and is used, in solution, as a substitute for gum in stiffering goods.
British lion , the national emblem of Great Britain.
British seas , the four seas which surround Great Britain.

British , noun, plural

People of Great Britain.