British Crown
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6.1
- noun
- Formal
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Corona británica
- Loyal subjects pledged their allegiance to the British Crown during the ceremony.
- British Crown Colony
And that handshake was saying to to the world that the British crown still has a role to play in a so-called future united Ireland, right.
- And that handshake was saying to to the world that the British crown still has a role to play in a so-called future united Ireland, right.
Examples
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As a British Crown Colony, Hong Kong inherited many British institutions.
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Norton fought for the British in the War of 1812, was affiliated with Reformed evangelical circles, and wrote his journal as part of an appeal to the British Crown.
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Loyalty to Britain and the British Crown is deep rooted.
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Yet its years as a British Crown Colony have made it a distinct entity.
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Norton wrote his journal to support an appeal to the British Crown for land rights on behalf of the Six Nations of the Grand River.
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The advantages that Hong Kong gained through being the last significant British Crown Colony in Asia were numerous.
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Sierra Leone is a protectorate of the British Crown.
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For 156 years, until July 1, 1997, Hong Kong was ruled by the British Crown through an appointed governor general.
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All economic activity that depended on Hong Kong's unique status as a British Crown Colony in Asia will be gone as of 1997, regardless of Beijing's promise of "fifty years, no change."
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Six Nations land history has become a very exciting topic both for the people of Six Nations and for those non-Native people who settled in communities built upon land within the Haldimand Proclamation territory (six miles on each side of the Grand River, from the mouth to the source), which the British Crown promised to forever protect for Haudenosaunee interests over two hundred years ago.
Academic text (2009)
Synonyms
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6.5
The king or queen and their authority that stands for the state in law
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase simply combines 'British' (relating to Great Britain) with 'crown' (the monarch or state symbol), so its meaning as the authority or symbol of the British monarchy is directly inferable from the parts. This compositional, institutional sense follows common cross-linguistic patterns (e.g. 'la Corona' in Romance languages), so a B1 learner who knows both words would understand it.
Etymology
British Crown comes from the simple picture of a king or queen's shiny crown, which stands for the monarch's 'power' and 'authority' over the country. So when someone acts for the British Crown, they are acting in the monarch's name and with that official power.