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Briticism

Brit·i·cism [ brítti sìzzəm ] (plural Brit·i·cisms)


noun 
Definition:
 
something typically British: something such as a word or custom that is characteristic of the British or of Great Britain

[Mid-19th century. <British, after Scotticism or Gallicism]
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