[ad. L. Britannicus of Britain, or perh. F. Britannique.] Of Britain, British. Used in His or Her Britannic Majesty.
1641. Milton, Ch. Discip., II. (1851), 69. [Thou] didst build up this Britannick Empire.
1695. Blackmore, Pr. Arth., 237. The Britannic Hero.
1709. Steele, Tatler, No. 6, ¶ 12. Envoy Extraordinary from her Britannick Majesty.
1796. Morse, Amer. Geog., II. 208. On a clear day the three Britannic kingdoms may be seen from this island.
1848. W. K. Kelly, trans. L. Blanc’s Hist. Ten Y., I. 473. His Britannic majesty maintained with St. Petersburg relations of amity.
Hence Britannically adv.: in British fashion; in reference to Great Britain.
1716. M. Davies, Ath. Brit., II. 11. Whereupon an Active Disobedience very Brittanically ensuing.
1805. Ann. Rev., III. 178. This extended portion … is rather locally than britannically interesting.
1869. Student, II. 183. Several captures of the almost (Britannically) fabulous ‘Bath White.’
