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| a word, idiom, or phrase characteristic of or restricted to British English, esp. as compared with American English, as lift compared with elevator or in hospital with in the hospital. |
| Brit·i·cism (brĭt'ĭ-sĭz'əm) n. A word, phrase, or idiom characteristic of or peculiar to English as it is spoken in Great Britain. [From Briti(sh), on the model of words such as Gallicism.] |