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Meaning of "pro-British" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PRO-BRITISH

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PRO-BRITISH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pro-British is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PRO-BRITISH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of pro-British in the English dictionary

The definition of pro-British in the dictionary is in favour of or supporting Britain, its people, culture, etc.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PRO-BRITISH

pro rata
pro tem
pro tempore
pro-abortionist
pro-am
pro-American
pro-ana
pro-celeb
pro-celebrity
pro-Chinese
pro-choice
pro-choicer
pro-Communist
pro-European
pro-form
pro-German
pro-life
pro-lifer
pro-oestrus
pro-Soviet

WORDS THAT END LIKE PRO-BRITISH

Afro-British
anti-British
British
cultish
Edomitish
eremitish
fetish
Kentish
lightish
Midianitish
pettish
Pictish
saltish
Scottish
skittish
sluttish
sweetish
sybaritish
the Scottish
whitish

Synonyms and antonyms of pro-British in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pro-British» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PRO-BRITISH

Find out the translation of pro-British to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pro-British from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pro-British» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

亲英
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pro- británica
570 millions of speakers

English

pro-British
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

समर्थक ब्रिटिश
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الموالية لبريطانيا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пробританский
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pró-britânico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রো-ব্রিটিশ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pro-britannique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pro-British
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

pro- britischen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

プロのイギリス
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

프로 - 영국
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pro-Inggris
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ủng hộ Anh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிரிட்டிஷ் சார்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

समर्थक ब्रिटिश
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

İngiliz yanlısı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pro -britannica
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pro -brytyjskich
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пробританська
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pro - britanic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φιλοβρεττανός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pro- Britse
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pro -brittiska
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pro -britiske
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pro-British

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PRO-BRITISH»

The term «pro-British» is normally little used and occupies the 114.455 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PRO-BRITISH» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «pro-British» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «pro-British» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pro-British

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRO-BRITISH»

Discover the use of pro-British in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pro-British and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Ethnicity, Race, and American Foreign Policy: A History
Feeling the pull of Anglo-Saxon "racial" affinity, President McKinley and Secretary of State Hay quickly took a pro-British position. Throughout the war, in consequence, the American government followed a policy of allowing all kinds of aid to ...
Alexander DeConde, 1992
2
The American Spirit: United States History as Seen by ...
Pro-British. (1823). Stirred by the Napoleonic upheaval, most of Spain's colonies in the Americas threw off the monarchical yoke and set themselves up as independent republics. Late in 1823 rumors were afloat in Europe that the great ...
David Kennedy, Thomas Bailey, 2009
3
Pan-Islam in British Indian Politics: A Study of the ...
9 The pro-British fatawa, however, lost their value when one of the sponsors disclosed that the government had engineered the move.420 At some places the officials attempted to get the sultan's name omitted from the Friday khutba.m Khan ...
M. Naeem Qureshi, 1999
4
American-British-Canadian Intelligence Relations, 1939-2000
R.H.G. Edmonds, 'Cuba', 23 May 1961 memo on 18 May 1961 meeting with John Kenneth Galbraith, F0 371/ 156147, PRO. British Embassy, Havana (Marchant) to EC, No. 37 (1011 G/61), 31 July 1961, Confidential, 'Opposition and Support ...
Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones, David Stafford, 2014
5
Japan and Britain at War and Peace
4. Neither. pro-British. nor. pro-Japanese. How. the. Burmese. political. elite. reacted. under. British. and. Japanese. rule. Nemoto. Kei. Since Burma is a country where Britain and Japan fought fiercely during World War II, it is impossible to ...
Hugo Dobson, Nobuko Kosuge, 2009
6
Cengage Advantage Books: Liberty, Equality, Power: A History ...
They shared with the English a language, a common ancestry, and a commitment to liberty. Wilson revered the British parliamentary system of government. His closest foreign policy adviser, Colonel Edward M. House, was pro-British, as was  ...
John Murrin, Paul Johnson, James McPherson, 2007
7
Selling War: The British Propaganda Campaign Against ...
His inquiries met an astonishing response. Before, Warner Brothers had encouraged Grierson; it now overwhelmed Warwick with its “readiness to produce further anti-Nazi and pro- British films” from any first-class screenplays provided by the ...
Nicholas John Cull, 1996
8
Arabs and Young Turks: Ottomanism, Arabism, and Islamism in ...
The pro-British and pro-French factions were divided roughly on religious lines. While Lebanese Maronites looked favorably to French intervention, Britain appealed primarily to Muslim notables. A delegation of Arab notables visited the British ...
Hasan Kayali, 1997
9
The British Empire and the Second World War
Together with German encouragement, much of it through Berlin's minister to Iraq , Dr Fritz Grobba, and the opportunities presented by the turmoil of war, this resentment led to a coup that ousted the pro-British Regent, Prince Abdullilah ( ruling ...
Ashley Jackson, 2006
10
The American Revolution
Encouraged by Indian Agent Guy Johnson and Mohawk chief Joseph Brant and led by Tory Sir John Butler, the pro-British Iroquois and their Loyalist allies swept through Pennsylvania's Wyoming Valley and New York's Cherry Valley in the ...
Joseph C. Morton, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRO-BRITISH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pro-British is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Syriza's Hapless and Sad Betrayal of Hope Follows Long Greek Left …
This agreement between the pro-British Greek government and the leaders of the Greek Communist Party was signed in February 1945 and ... «Truth-Out, Jul 15»
2
Ireland: Tory cuts threaten peace process, Adams says
Part of the agreement is a power-sharing arrangement between the Irish republican Sinn Fein and pro-British unionist forces. In a July 12 post, ... «Green Left Weekly, Jul 15»
3
In Northern Ireland, 'Terror Gets Old,' But Divisions Linger
In Northern Ireland, "the Troubles" — the long and bloody conflict between Catholic Irish nationalists and pro-British Protestants — formally ... «90.5 WESA, Jul 15»
4
Gilles Simon gives France 1-0 lead over Britain in Davis Cup
He summoned the mostly pro-British crowd's support when he needed it, and played through the loud chants of visiting French fans otherwise. «PPP Focus.com, Jul 15»
5
Struggle and suffering: The 1946-49 Greek Civil War
... for pushing the KKE to subordinate their revolutionary ambitions and to participate in the pro-British government, ultimately it was not the task ... «Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal, Jul 15»
6
This man used to hunt Belfast Catholics with a .357 Magnum. Here's …
... black-hooded commandos surrounding the logo of the Ulster Volunteer Force — the Protestant, pro-British paramilitary gang he once ran hits ... «LA Daily News, Jul 15»
7
'I Am Belfast': Karlovy Vary Review
... and is careful to avoid siding either with the mostly Catholic republicans or the broadly Protestant, pro-British unionists. Raised a Catholic but ... «Hollywood Reporter, Jul 15»
8
Northern Irish police pelted by bottles at Protestant parade
Thousands of Pro-British Protestants hold marches every July 12 in the British-ruled province to mark a 1690 victory by King William of Orange ... «Business Insider, Jul 15»
9
N.Ireland : Eight police officers are inured in parade violence
Thousands of Pro-British Protestants hold marches every year on July 12 in the British- ruled province to mark the 1690 victory by King William ... «euronews, Jul 15»
10
Clashes over Northern Ireland march blockade
Police in Northern Ireland have been injured in violence when pro-British marchers were stopped from passing an Irish nationalist area of ... «Reuters, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Pro-British [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/pro-british>. May 2024 ».
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