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British Empire

— noun a former empire consisting of Great Britain and all the territories under its control; reached its greatest extent at the end of World War I; it included the British Isles, British West Indies, Canada, British Guiana; British West Africa, British East Africa, India, Australia, New Zealand the sun never sets on the British Empire

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The United States was once part of the British Empire.

News and current affairs

The British had stopped believing in their own empire.

Even as the British were dismantling their empire after World War II, the French and Dutch still believed that parting with their Asian possessions would result in chaos.

The British Empire was ruled in large part through reliance on local troops.