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Thread #165776   Message #3980531
Posted By: Jim Carroll
06-Mar-19 - 09:57 AM
Thread Name: BS: Irish V Irish V British & the Famine
Subject: RE: BS: Irish V Irish V British & the Famine
Two definitions, byt the way - the historical one and the one in modern usage
From The Collins dictionary
Jim

noun
1.
(esp in the 19th century) a person opposed to the extension of the British Empire
2. British informal
a person who perceives most foreign influences on Britain's culture and institutions as damaging or insidious