BRITISH EMPIRE, THE


Meaning of BRITISH EMPIRE, THE in English

ˌBritish ˈEmpire, the BrE AmE

the group of countries formerly connected with and controlled by Great Britain, which was at its largest at the time of World War I, when it included 25 per cent of the world's area

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.