Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Britain, Great
Britain, Great, proper n. [see great, adj. and Britain, proper adj.]
British empire; northwest European island nation; United Kingdom in the 19th century; opponent of the colonists in the Revolutionary War; [personification] military force; world power; army of the motherland; Queen Victoria (1819-1901).
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