Search Result for "british empire":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. 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;
- Example: "the sun never sets on the British Empire"



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

British Empire
    n 1: 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"