the British

noun

: the people of Great Britain and especially England
talked about the British

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Then came that infamous article published in the British medical journal The Lancet in 1999 and authored by British physician Andrew Wakefield and some others. Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 4 May 2025 Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa will have the job of announcing the British jury’s points at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. Caroline Frost, Deadline, 4 May 2025 Much of the British political class laughed at Nigel Farage in 2016. Peter Baker Molly Young Tanya Gold, New York Times, 3 May 2025 She wed her husband, Major Norman Caterham of the British Army, in 1933. Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 3 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for the British

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“The British.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20British. Accessed 19 May. 2025.

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