Word.ws English Dictionary

British overseas territory

British overseas territory noun: any of about fourteen overseas territories which are not part of the United Kingdom but are subject to its sovereignty.

Noun

British overseas territory (plural British overseas territories)

  1. Any of about fourteen overseas territories which are not part of the United Kingdom but are subject to its sovereignty.

Forms of British overseas territory

pluralBritish overseas territories

Questions about British overseas territory

What does British overseas territory mean?
British overseas territory means any of about fourteen overseas territories which are not part of the United Kingdom but are subject to its sovereignty.
What part of speech is British overseas territory?
British overseas territory is a noun.
What is the plural of British overseas territory?
The plural of British overseas territory is British overseas territories.

Words near British overseas territory in the dictionary

  1. British Museum algorithm
  2. British North America
  3. British Ogaden
  4. British Open
  5. British overseas territories
  6. British overseas territory
  7. British racing green
  8. British racing greens
  9. British Raj
  10. British Semi-Longhair
  11. British Semi-Longhairs

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: British overseas territory (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “British overseas territory.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/british_overseas_territory. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.