British Empire

NOUN

british commonwealth of nations

Synonyms

WEAK

Britain Commonwealth of Nations England United Kingdom perfidious Albion the Commonwealth

Example Sentences

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The family history is enmeshed with the British Empire.

From The Wall Street Journal

Old Filth himself is a retired judge looking back on life, with recollections of the British Empire in better days.

From The Wall Street Journal

Welsh was not an institutionalised or official language so it wasn't considered a suitable medium for education during the Victorian heyday of the British Empire.

From BBC

In England, the author meets Gareth Parry, a physicist and industry historian who shows him the place where the British Empire’s telegraph cables once landed, and which is now a data-cable hub.

From The Wall Street Journal

He was made a Commander of the British Empire in 2002 and knighted in 2015 for his public service, "particularly to the Church of England".

From BBC