Usually means: Global colonial power, extensive influence.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word British Empire:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. British Empire: Merriam-Webster
  2. British Empire: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. British Empire: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. British Empire: Collins English Dictionary
  5. British Empire: Vocabulary.com
  6. British Empire: Wiktionary
  7. British Empire: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. British Empire: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. British Empire: Dictionary.com
  10. British Empire, British empire, The British Empire: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. British empire: Rhymezone
  12. british empire: FreeDictionary.org
  13. british empire: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. British Empire: TheFreeDictionary.com
  15. british empire: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. British Empire, The British Empire: Encyclopedia

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  1. british empire: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (British Empire)

▸ noun:  (chiefly historical) The United Kingdom and its overseas dependencies and colonies.

Similar:
Britain, Greater Britain, Great Britain, Briton, British America, Union Jack, United Kingdom, British, Britannia, Britisher, more...

Opposite:
decolonization, postcolonialism, independence

Types:
Dominion of Canada, Irish Free State, more...

Phrases:
the british empire, Order of the British Empire, 1930 British Empire Games, 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, 1934 British Empire Games, more...

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Similar:
Britain, Greater Britain, Great Britain, Briton, British America, Union Jack, United Kingdom, British, Britannia, Britisher, more...

Opposite:
decolonization, postcolonialism, independence

Types:
Dominion of Canada, Irish Free State, more...

Phrases:
the british empire, Order of the British Empire, 1930 British Empire Games, 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, 1934 British Empire Games, 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, more...



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