·noun ·pl People of Great Britain.
II. British ·adj Of or pertaining to Great Britain or to its inhabitants;
— sometimes restricted to the original inhabitants.
Porter. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
See quatuor maria. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
May be foreign built, or rebuilt on a foreign keel which belonged to any of the people of Great Brit...
Settled in an enemy's country, may not trade in any contraband goods. ...
Such as has been built in Great Britain or Ireland, Guernsey, Jersey, the Isle of Man, or some of th...
A phrase to express the peculiar excellence of our first-class merchantmen. ...