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Definition of Britannia
1. n. A white-metal alloy of tin, antimony, bismuth, copper, etc. It somewhat resembles silver, and is used for table ware. Called also Britannia metal.
Definition of Britannia
1. Proper noun. a female personification of Britain ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Britannia
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Britannia
Literary usage of Britannia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Historical Society (1842)
"Quod comes britannia a rege Anglorum recessit. Eodem anno, instante nativitate
sancti Jo- bannis Baptistae, quo tempore eraut ..."
2. Selections from Canadian Poets by Edward Hartley Dewart (1864)
"All hail, my country ! hail to thee, Thou birthplace of the brave and free j Thou
ruler upon land and sea: britannia ! No thing of change, no mushroom state ..."
3. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1896)
"(< Rule, britannia, rule the waves; Britons never will be slaves." Thee haughty
tyrants ne'er shall tame; All their attempts to bend thee down Will but ..."
4. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin, and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander Kinglake (1877)
"XIII. the place he chose tor the britannia. The main division. ing the work which
we call the Quarantine Sea- fort, yet so far as concerned the rest of the ..."
5. The Dictionary of English History by Sidney Low, Frederick Sanders Pulling (1884)
"britannia, TUB ROMAN DIVISIONS OF. Originally only one Province of Britain was
constituted, but ' it is possible that Severus divided it into Upper and ..."
6. Publications by Manx Society, Brandeis Lawyers' Society (1871)
"Magna britannia et Hibernia, antiqua et Nova ; or a New Survey of Great Britain.
Collected and composed by an impartial hand. The Rev. Thomas Cox. ..."
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