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countable and uncountable, plural Britains
(loosely) The United Kingdom. examples
The island of Great Britain, consisting of England, Scotland and Wales, especially during antiquity. examples
England, Scotland and Wales in combination. examples
(obsolete) Brittany.
(in the plural) The British Isles. examples
(historical) The British state and its dominions and holdings; the British Empire.
(in the plural) The British Empire. quotations examples
The name of 'Britain' […] ought to answer every purpose, or if that be thought too condensed, it may be pluralized into ‘The Britains’.
1874 July 14, The Times
plural Britains
(now rare, historical) An ancient Briton. quotations
The Britains’ struggles with the Scots and Picts [...] led to the Britains asking the Romans for help in constructing a great wall.
2002, L. C. Lambdin, R. T. Lambdin, Companion to Old and Middle English Literature, page 12
comparative more Britain, superlative most Britain
(obsolete) Briton; British. quotations
mightie Albion, father of the bold / And warlike people which the Britaine Islands hold […].
1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie