Asian Britishadj.

Brit.

/ˌeɪʒn ˈbrɪtɪʃ/,

/ˌeɪʃn ˈbrɪtɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˌeɪʒən ˈbrɪdɪʃ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: Asian adj., British adj.

Etymology: < Asian adj. + British adj. Compare British Asian adj.

1. Designating a person of Asian origin or descent who holds a British passport (or the right to one) and is (or was) a resident of a former British colony; (in later use) spec. designating such a person of South Asian origin or descent who is (or was) a resident of a former British colony in East Africa (cf. British Asian adj. 1).In spec. use in the context of people of South Asian descent facing expulsion from East Africa in the late 1960s and early 1970s (now historical).

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1948 Sydney Morning Herald 7 June 2/3 [The] policy, resulting in the uprooting of Malaya and Chinese, who had been allowed to make homes in Australia during the war years, has done considerable harm... Some critics..have drawn attention to the contrast presented by Asian British subjects being required to leave the Commonwealth while non-British Europeans are being invited to settle there.

1962 Charleston (W. Va.) Daily Mail 26 June 3/1 The [South African] government set out Monday to screen for possible deportation thousands of Asian British subjects who entered the country illegally... South Africa became a republic divorced from the British crown last year.

1968 Express & News (San Antonio, Texas) 24 Feb. (Final ed.) 4 a/4 The government of Kenya is apparently adamant in its intention to enforce its new labor laws which will throw tens of thousands of Asian-British citizens out of work in the next few months.

2019 East Afr. (Nexis) 13 July Asian British passport holders left Uganda in their thousands in the 1972 expulsion by Iddi [sic] Amin.

2. Designating a British person of South Asian origin or descent; of or relating to such a person. Cf. British Asian adj. 2.

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1984 New Society 6 Dec. 359/3 This would be supplemented by ticking boxes which would identify the respondents as black British, or Asian British, or West Indian or whatever.

2001 Third Text Spring 73 Hall's deployment of hybridity in relation to ‘diaspora’ youth culture has fundamentally reconfigured the perception and representation of young black and Asian British lives and culture in academic discourse.

2009 Medway Messenger (Nexis) 27 Feb. Talents of Asian-British teenagers were celebrated at the Central Theatre in Chatham with an evening of sub-continental music and dance.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	asian british
释义	Asian Britishadj. Brit. /ˌeɪʒn ˈbrɪtɪʃ/, /ˌeɪʃn ˈbrɪtɪʃ/, U.S. /ˌeɪʒən ˈbrɪdɪʃ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: Asian adj., British adj. Etymology: < Asian adj. + British adj. Compare British Asian adj. 1. Designating a person of Asian origin or descent who holds a British passport (or the right to one) and is (or was) a resident of a former British colony; (in later use) spec. designating such a person of South Asian origin or descent who is (or was) a resident of a former British colony in East Africa (cf. British Asian adj. 1).In spec. use in the context of people of South Asian descent facing expulsion from East Africa in the late 1960s and early 1970s (now historical). ΚΠ 1948 Sydney Morning Herald 7 June 2/3 [The] policy, resulting in the uprooting of Malaya and Chinese, who had been allowed to make homes in Australia during the war years, has done considerable harm... Some critics..have drawn attention to the contrast presented by Asian British subjects being required to leave the Commonwealth while non-British Europeans are being invited to settle there. 1962 Charleston (W. Va.) Daily Mail 26 June 3/1 The [South African] government set out Monday to screen for possible deportation thousands of Asian British subjects who entered the country illegally... South Africa became a republic divorced from the British crown last year. 1968 Express & News (San Antonio, Texas) 24 Feb. (Final ed.) 4 a/4 The government of Kenya is apparently adamant in its intention to enforce its new labor laws which will throw tens of thousands of Asian-British citizens out of work in the next few months. 2019 East Afr. (Nexis) 13 July Asian British passport holders left Uganda in their thousands in the 1972 expulsion by Iddi [sic] Amin. 2. Designating a British person of South Asian origin or descent; of or relating to such a person. Cf. British Asian adj. 2. ΚΠ 1984 New Society 6 Dec. 359/3 This would be supplemented by ticking boxes which would identify the respondents as black British, or Asian British, or West Indian or whatever. 2001 Third Text Spring 73 Hall's deployment of hybridity in relation to ‘diaspora’ youth culture has fundamentally reconfigured the perception and representation of young black and Asian British lives and culture in academic discourse. 2009 Medway Messenger (Nexis) 27 Feb. Talents of Asian-British teenagers were celebrated at the Central Theatre in Chatham with an evening of sub-continental music and dance. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1948
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