Synonyms for british empire
british empire

Princeton's WordNet

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. 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.

2. 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.

3. Alex Azar:

   HHS has a $1.2 trillion budget. that means it’s bigger than the British Empire.

4. Winston Churchill:

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

5. Steven Wright:

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