pan-Britannicadj.
/ˌpanbrᵻˈtanɪk/, U.S. /ˌpænˌbrɪˈtænɪk/ 1. Of, comprising, or representing all Britons or all parts of Britain.
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Great British1645
British-born1667
pan-Britannic1709
Anglo-Indian1810
Angrezi1855
Angrez1896
Pommy1913
1709 E. Elstob Ælfric's Eng.-Saxon Homily St. Gregory Pref. 17 And it is plain, as to the Britains, even from their Behaviour at that most celebrated Pambritannick Council at Augustin's Ac.
1996 Hist. Jrnl. 39 377 The failure..to construct an influential and genuinely pan-Britannic national identity meant that traditional Scottish patriotism was not fully integrated within the prevailing Anglo-British conception of the incorporated nation's origins, history and constitution.
2003 National Geographic (Nexis) July 82 The mother of all these multi-mountain climbs is a trek with pan-Britannic sweep, taking in the highest peaks in each of the three countries that make up the island of Great Britain.
2. Of, relating to, or comprising all countries of the British Commonwealth or (formerly) the British Empire. Now rare.
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pan-Britannic1870
1870 Times 7 Jan. 6/6 [He] hopes one day to hear Mr. Lowe deal with the Estimates and the Revenue of the United Kingdom and its forty Colonies in a Pan-Britannic Parliament.
1891 N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 473 Mr. Goldwin Smith is probably right when he tells us that if an imperial federation were formed ‘Her Majesty would have to choose between the British and the Pan-Britannic crown.’
1902 Q. Rev. July 329 A Pan-Britannic Customs Union, if practicable, would prove efficacious in cementing the union of the empire.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1709