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us: British


  • Here are entered works on citizens of the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands, or the British overseas territories not currently residing within those jurisdictions. Works on the Celtic people living in Great Britain from the Iron Age through the Early Middle Ages are entered under [Britons.]

  • URI(s)

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  • Scheme Membership(s)

  • Collection Membership(s)

  • Variants

    • us: British people
    • us: Britishers
    • us: Britons (British)
    • us: Brits

  • Broader Terms

  • Narrower Terms

  • Sources

    • found: Web. 3 (British; of, relating to, or characteristic of Great Britain or its inhabitants [or of the British Commonwealth])
    • found: Wikipedia, Aug. 24, 2009 (British people. The British (also known as Britons, informally Brits, or archaically Britishers) are citizens of the United Kingdon, of the Isle of Man, one of the Channel Islands, or of one of the British overseas territories, and their descendants. In a historical context, the term refers to the ancient Britons, the indigenous inhabitants of Great Britain south of the Forth)
    • found: Lu, S. They were in Nanjing : the Nanjing Massacre witnessed by American and British nationals, 2004.
    • found: Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : U.S. Zone). Office of Military Government. Military government court procedure concerning United States and British nationals and persons subject to military law within Article 2 of the Articles of war, 1948.

  • General Notes

    • Here are entered works on citizens of the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands, or the British overseas territories not currently residing within those jurisdictions. Works on the Celtic people living in Great Britain from the Iron Age through the Early Middle Ages are entered under [Britons.]

  • Example Notes

    • Note under [Britons]

  • Change Notes

    • 1986-02-11: new
    • 2012-02-09: revised

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