crown dependency

noun

Definitions

  1. Any of three island territories in the British Islands that are self-governing…

    Any of three island territories in the British Islands that are self-governing possessions of the British Crown.

    • This time the contest was open for the first time to applications from crown dependencies and overseas territories and attracted almost 40 entries.
  2. Alternative letter-case form of crown dependency.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for crown dependency. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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