british_empire
1. [ noun ] (geography) formerly the United Kingdom and all the territories under its control; reached its greatest extent at the end of World War I
Examples:

"the sun never sets on the British Empire"

Related terms: geographical_area
Similar spelling:   british_system
  British_Isles
  British_people
  British_capital
  British_Cabinet
  British_shilling
  British_Honduras
  British_pound
  british_crown
  British_Guiana