| 单词 | federation of the british empire |
| 释义 | > as lemmasFederation of the British Empire b. Federation of the British Empire: a proposed readjustment of the relations between the various parts of the British Empire, by which the colonies would have shared with Britain the control and the cost of all measures taken for the safety and well-being of the Empire as a whole. Cf. imperial federation n. at imperial adj. and n. Compounds. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > a or the state > [noun] > a union or confederacy of states > act or state of > of former British Empire Federation of the British Empire1871 1871 Bradford Observer 27 Jan. 3/1 (heading) The Federation of the British Empire. 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 16 June 11/1 A paper was read by Sir George F. Bowen on ‘The Federation of the British Empire’...He adopted Mr. Forster's definition of..Imperial Federation—viz., such a union of the mother country with her colonies as would keep the British Empire one State in relation to other States, through the agency of an organisation for common defence, and a joint foreign policy. 1931 S. C-Y. Cheng (title) Schemes for the federation of the British Empire. < as lemmas |
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