"Britishism" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Britishisms [plural]
Etymology: From British + -ism. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|British|ism}} British + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} Britishism (countable and uncountable, plural Britishisms)
  1. A word, phrase, idiom, or expression peculiar to the English language as spoken in Britain. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): English Categories (place): United Kingdom Synonyms: Anglicism, Briticism
    Sense id: en-Britishism-en-noun-7OtWXx~J Disambiguation of English: 71 29 Disambiguation of United Kingdom: 54 46 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ism, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 88 12 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10
  2. The practice of British religion or culture. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): United Kingdom
    Sense id: en-Britishism-en-noun-VnOKJ91a Disambiguation of United Kingdom: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: British-ism Coordinate_terms: dialectism (alt: dialectisms), Americanism (alt: Yankeeism, Yankism), Australianism, Canadianism, Indianism, Irishism, Scotticism, southernism, New Zealandism

Inflected forms

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