Commonwealth English
Noun
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Noun
Commonwealth English (uncountable)
- (uncommon) The generalised variety of English spoken and written primarily in the United Kingdom and its former colonies, sometimes excluding Canada.
- (rare) The group of varieties of English used in the ex-colonial member states of the Commonwealth of Nations, in distinction to the varieties used in Britain itself
- 1966, John A. Nist, A Structural History of English ↗, New York: St. Martin's Press.
- (variety of English used in UK and former colonies) British English
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