单词 | white dominion |
释义 | > as lemmaswhite dominion white dominion n. (also with capital initials) now historical a dominion (dominion n. 2b) in which the majority of the inhabitants are white. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > [noun] > aggregate of sovereign states under one rule > Commonwealth or former British Empire > dominion or colony of > types of palatinate1669 charter-colony1767 Crown colony1824 white dominion1881 1881 Economist 1 Jan. 3/1 An event likely to be followed by a general rising of the black races throughout the white dominion in Africa. 1923 G. L. Beer Afr. Questions at Paris Peace Conf. i. vii. 62 The self-governing white Dominions of the British Commonwealth refuse to admit Indian immigrants. 1966 Guardian 6 Sept. 8/4 Assuming that the crumbling process would continue, Britain would be left with the ‘white dominions’. 1993 N.Y. Times Mag. 18 Apr. 22/3 This British notion..that all territories would become independent when they were ready for it..had been put into force in its so-called White Dominions of South Africa, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. < as lemmas |
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