British English Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

The meaning of BRITISH ENGLISH is the native language of most inhabitants of England; especially : English ... Dictionary Entries Near British English. Login SignUp Hello, Games&Quizzes Thesaurus WordoftheDay Features BuyingGuide M-WBooks MyWordsMyWords ViewRecents Account LogOut BritishEnglish noun SaveWord DefinitionofBritishEnglish :thenativelanguageofmostinhabitantsofEngland especially :EnglishcharacteristicofEnglandandclearlydistinguishablefromthatusedelsewhere(asintheU.S.orAustralia) FirstKnownUseofBritishEnglish 1866,inthemeaningdefinedabove LearnMoreAboutBritishEnglish ShareBritishEnglish PosttheDefinitionofBritishEnglishtoFacebook SharetheDefinitionofBritishEnglishonTwitter TimeTravelerforBritishEnglish ThefirstknownuseofBritishEnglishwas in1866 Seemorewordsfromthesameyear FromtheEditorsatMerriam-Webster 'WholeMilk','BritishEnglish',and16... 'WholeMilk','BritishEnglish',and16MoreRetronyms New(er)wordsforoldthings DictionaryEntriesNearBritishEnglish BritishEmpire BritishEnglish Britisher SeeMoreNearbyEntries  StatisticsforBritishEnglish Look-upPopularity CitethisEntry “BritishEnglish.”Merriam-Webster.comDictionary,Merriam-Webster,https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/British%20English.Accessed7Jan.2022. Style:MLA MLA Chicago APA Merriam-Webster MoreDefinitionsforBritishEnglish BritishEnglish noun EnglishLanguageLearnersDefinitionofBritishEnglish :theEnglishlanguageusedinEngland SeethefulldefinitionforBritishEnglishintheEnglishLanguageLearnersDictionary MorefromMerriam-WebsteronBritishEnglish Nglish:TranslationofBritishEnglishforSpanishSpeakers WORDOFTHEDAY voluble SeeDefinitionsandExamples» GetWordoftheDaydailyemail! TestYourVocabulary NamethatThing:FlowerEdition Namethatflower chrysanthemum hyacinth amaryllis hydrangea Canyouspellthese10commonlymisspelledwords? TAKETHEQUIZ Adailychallengeforcrosswordfanatics. TAKETHEQUIZ SubscribetoAmerica'slargestdictionaryandgetthousandsmoredefinitionsandadvancedsearch—adfree! Merriam-Websterunabridged WordsatPlay “InVinoVeritas”andOtherLatinPhrasestoLiveBy Top10LatinPhrases DiggingUptheLatinRootsof14Abbreviations Beyond'i.e.'and'e.g.' TryNottoSlipon'Peel'and'Peal' Eyesarepeeled;thepealsareoflaughter 'Apricity'andOtherRareWintryWords Hiemal,brumation,&rarewintrywords AsktheEditors 'Everyday'vs.'EveryDay' Asimpletricktokeepthemseparate WhatIs'SemanticBleaching'? How'literally'canmean"figuratively" Literally Howtouseawordthat(literally)drivessomepe... IsSingular'They'aBetterChoice? Theawkwardcaseof'hisorher' WordGames AdvancedVocabularyQuiz Toughwordsandtoughercompetition. Takethequiz NaughtyorNice Aquizofvicesandvirtues Takethequiz SpellIt Canyouspellthese10commonlymisspelledwords? Takethequiz