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单词 britannian
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Britannianadj.

Forms: 1500s–1600s Britanian, 1600s Brittanian, 1600s Brittannian, 1600s–1800s Britannian.
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Britannia , -an suffix.
Etymology: < the name of Britannia (see Britannia n.) or its etymon classical Latin Britannia Britain n.2 + -an suffix. Compare earlier Britannish adj., Britannical adj., and British adj.
Obsolete.
= British adj. 3.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > British Isles > [adjective] > Britain
BritannishOE
BritishOE
Britona1387
Britannical1548
Britannian1589
Britain1609
Britannic1635
pongo1944
Brit1948
1589 R. Robinson Golden Mirrour sig. C.3 Wicked weesels, fled from Britanian grounds.
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage viii. v. 634 Our Britanian hopes, Prince Henrie, and Duke Charles.
1643 W. Lithgow Present Surveigh London & Englands State sig. A2 With roome winds and fair weather, we coasted along the Brittannian shoare.
1691 W. Yworth New Art of making Wines 153 Thus ye Brittanian Artists, let me see your Smiles.
1704 J. Dunton Athenian Spy xvii. 58 Beware Britannian Ladies, Ah beware, How you receive my Faithless Wanderer!
1834 E. Elliott Poems II. 243 Our Britannian shore.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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