Britons
United Kingdom residents
Britons are people from Britain—the island comprising England, Scotland, and Wales.
The term appears in formal or historical contexts: ancient Britons, Britons abroad.
In everyday speech, British people or simply the British is more common.
The word carries a slightly patriotic or literary flavor: Britons never shall be slaves.
Ancient Indo-European tribal group
Britain's native tongue
- ScotsPeople of Edinburgh's nation
- WelshOf a Celtic nation
- CornishOf southwestern peninsula
- CelticOf Irish-Welsh descent
Anglo-Saxon · Norman · citizens · nationals · subjects · inhabitants · residents · population
Inherited cultural legacy
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- monarchyRule by crowned sovereign
- ShakespeareElizabethan dramatist and poet
- teaSteeped leaf beverage
pubs · cricket · BBC · The Beatles · parliamentary democracy · Commonwealth · queuing · stiff upper lip
Traveling by ocean vessel
- nauticalOf ships and sailing
- island nationCountry comprising islands
- coastlineLand-water boundary
- maritimeOf the sea
Atlantic · Royal Navy · cliffs · shores · fishing · shipbuilding · sailors · explorers
Celts
Ancient Indo-European tribal group
English
Britain's native tongue
Celtic · Anglo-Saxon · Norman · citizens · nationals · subjects · inhabitants · residents · population · diaspora
heritage
Inherited cultural legacy
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- monarchyRule by crowned sovereign
- ShakespeareElizabethan dramatist and poet
tea · pubs · cricket · BBC · The Beatles · parliamentary democracy · Commonwealth · queuing · stiff upper lip · humour
seafaring
Traveling by ocean vessel
- nauticalOf ships and sailing
- island nationCountry comprising islands
- coastlineLand-water boundary
maritime · Atlantic · Royal Navy · cliffs · shores · fishing · shipbuilding · sailors · explorers · naval tradition
- historical peoplesAztecs, Babylonians, Celts, Egyptians, Gauls
- British peopleEnglish, Scottish, Welsh, Scots, Northern Irish
- British PrehistoryStonehenge, stone circles, henges, hill forts, burial mounds
- CelticIreland, druid, Scotland, Wales, Gaelic
- CeltsCelts, Gauls, Galatians, Celtiberians, Celtic tribes
- Indo-EuropeansCelts, Slavs, Indo-Aryan, Aryans, Greeks