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Definition of Britannic
1. Adjective. Of Britain. "Her Britannic Majesty"
Definition of Britannic
1. a. Of or pertaining to Great Britain; British; as, her Britannic Majesty.
Definition of Britannic
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to Britain, Great Britain or the United Kingdom; British ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Britannic
Literary usage of Britannic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Papers Relating to the Treaty of Washington by United States Dept. of State, Geneva Arbitration Tribunal (1872)
"The question submitted to the decision of His Imperial Majesty affects so much
of the boundary-line between Her britannic Majesty's possessions in North ..."
2. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1820)
"... their envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to the court of his
britannic majesty: who, after having exchanged their respective full powers, ..."
3. Chronological History of the West Indies by Thomas Southey (1827)
"evening all the Spanish troops laid down their arms, and the whole colony passed
under the dominion of His britannic Majesty. Lieutenant Villeneuve, of the ..."
4. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1821)
"E undersigned chargé d'affaires of his britannic ma. jesty has orders to communicate
to the ministers of his majesty the king of Sweden, ..."
5. A Familiar Exposition of the Constitution of the United States: Containing a by Joseph Story (1847)
"... but which Treaty was not to be concluded until terms of peace should be agreed
upon between Great Britain and France, and his britannic Majesty should ..."
6. History of Friedrich II, of Prussia: Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1900)
"... GETS ENDED MAT 1741—JULY 1742 CHAPTER I britannic MAJESTY AS PALADIN OF THE
PRAGMATIC PART FIRST of his britannic Majesty's Sorrows, the britannic or ..."
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