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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Standard English in England.
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- noun Especially in
England ,spoken orwritten English which isstandard , characterized bygrammatical correctness ,proper usage ofwords andexpressions , and (when spoken) formal Britishpronunciation .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun English as spoken by educated persons in southern England
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