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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
n
1: an expression that is used in Great Britain (especially as contrasted with American English) [syn: Anglicism, Briticism, Britishism]
Merriam Webster's
noun Etymology: British + -icism (as in gallicism) Date: 1868 a characteristic feature of British English
Oxford Reference Dictionary
n. (also Britishism) an idiom used in Britain but not in other English-speaking countries. Etymology: BRITISH, after GALLICISM
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Briticism Brit"i*cism, n. A word, phrase, or idiom peculiar to Great Britain; any manner of using a word or words that is peculiar to Great Britain.
