Definition of

Britannic

in English:

Britannic

Pronunciation

/briˈtanik/


/brɪˈtænɪk/

Translate

Britannic

into Spanish

adjective

dated

(chiefly in names or titles) of Britain or the British Empire.

‘he answered His Britannic Majesty’s call to arms’

‘Her Britannic Majesty’s correct title is: Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.’

‘Her Britannic Majesty is, after all, only human.’

‘It recalled that stirring Britannic anthem, Hearts of Oak (sadly unheard at the Proms this year).’

‘Not all the arguments which apply to the British monarchy will apply to others (or even to other realms of Her Britannic Majesty), but I will concentrate here on the British arguments.’

‘It is unclear how the Druids inter-tied with the larger corpus of Britannic, as well as Celtic, pre-Christian religious practices, or even how long the category existed prior to Roman invasion.’

Origin

Mid 17th century from Latin Britannicus, from Britannia (see

Britannia

).