Britain

  1. Proper noun.  the island of Great Britain.
  2. Proper noun.  The United Kingdom.
  3. Proper noun.  (singular) (context, historically) Brittany.
  4. Proper noun.  (singular) (context, historically) the British Empire.
  5. Proper noun.  (plural) (context, historically, rarely) the British Empire.
  6. Proper noun.  (countable) (context, historically, rarely) a Briton.

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