Definitions for british empire
british empire

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1. British Empirenoun

   a former empire consisting of Great Britain and all the territories under its control; reached its greatest extent at the end of World War I; it included the British Isles, British West Indies, Canada, British Guiana; British West Africa, British East Africa, India, Australia, New Zealand

   "the sun never sets on the British Empire"

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1. British Empirenoun

   The United Kingdom together with its dominions, colonies, dependencies, trust territories and protectorates; became the Commonwealth of Nations following the independence of many of its constituent countries

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1. british empire

   The British Empire refers to a global system of territories that were under the political control of the United Kingdom from the late 16th to the early 20th centuries. It was established through conquest and exploration and was the largest empire in history, spanning nearly every continent. This empire played a critical role in shaping the economic, political, and cultural landscapes of numerous countries around the world. It also played a significant role in the spread of English language, British culture, and institutions of governance. The British Empire ended in the mid-20th century when many of its territories gained independence.

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1. British Empire

   The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom. It originated with the overseas possessions and trading posts established by England between the late 16th and early 18th centuries. At its height, it was the largest empire in history and, for over a century, was the foremost global power. By 1922 the British Empire held sway over about 458 million people, one-fifth of the world's population at the time. The empire covered more than 33,700,000 km², almost a quarter of the Earth's total land area. As a result, its political, legal, linguistic and cultural legacy is widespread. At the peak of its power, the phrase "the empire on which the sun never sets" was often used to describe the British Empire, because its expanse across the globe meant that the sun was always shining on at least one of its territories. During the Age of Discovery in the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal and Spain pioneered European exploration of the globe, and in the process established large overseas empires. Envious of the great wealth these empires generated, England, France, and the Netherlands, began to establish colonies and trade networks of their own in the Americas and Asia. A series of wars in the 17th and 18th centuries with the Netherlands and France left England the dominant colonial power in North America and India.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of british empire in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of british empire in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of british empire in a Sentence

1. Baron Nathan Mayer Rothschild:

   I care not what puppet is placed on the throne of England to rule the Empire, ... The man that controls Britain's money supply controls the British Empire. And I control the money supply.

2. Steven Wright:

   They say the sun never sets over the British Empire, but it rises every morning. The sky must get awfully crowded.

3. Thomas Jennings:

   Among the leading matters which would occupy the attention of the meeting, were several important documents lately received from Europe, expressive of the sentiments that a very considerable portion of the people of the British Empire entertained respecting the deplorable situation of the colored people in the United States.

4. Winston Churchill:

   I have not become the Kings First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire.

5. June Jordan:

   All of Western tradition, from the late bloom of the British Empire right through the early doom of Vietnam, dictates that you do something spectacular and irreversible whenever you find yourself in or whenever you impose yourself upon a wholly unfamiliar situation belonging to somebody else. Frequently it's your soul or your honor or your manhood, or democracy itself, at stake.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/British_Empire
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4. ^ Wikidata
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