Get Free Checker

Britishism

NOUN
  1. a custom that is peculiar to England or its citizens
  2. an expression that is used in Great Britain (especially as contrasted with American English)

How To Use Britishism In A Sentence

  • For instance, Fowler preferred Britishism to Briticism, labelling the latter a barbarism; Burchfield simply comments that Briticism is now the more usual term in scholarly work.
  • This is how Murdoch's influence has permeated British public life — and especially its top "cop shop, " to use a newly resonant Britishism.
View all