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The Firm

The Firm proper noun: the British royal family.

Proper noun

The Firm

  1. The British royal family.
    • Markle’s American friends spoke eagerly about how she will be “an agent of change” for the royals, perhaps because they were too young, or too far away, to recall how things worked out for the last woman who tried to change The Firm.2018 May 20, Hadley Freeman, “Is Meghan Markle the American the royals needed all along?”, in The Guardian
    • Given the traditionalism that is baked into the royal family, or The Firm as she called it, the Queen eschewed online communications for official messages.2022 September 9, Iain Thomson, “RIP Queen Elizabeth II: Britain's first tech monarch dies”, in The Register

Origin of The Firm

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, is said to have popularised the expression.

Questions about The Firm

What does The Firm mean?
The Firm means the British royal family.
What part of speech is The Firm?
The Firm is a proper noun.

Words near The Firm in the dictionary

  1. the Fifth Beatle
  2. The Fine City
  3. the finest
  4. the finger
  5. the fingers
  6. The Firm
  7. the first step is always the hardest
  8. the first turn of the screw pays all debts
  9. the fish rots from the head
  10. the fix is in
  11. the floor is lava

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