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Perfidious Albion

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Etymology

Calque of French perfide Albion. First coined by French poet and playwright Augustin Louis de Ximénès at the beginning of the French Revolutionary Wars.

  1. calqued from perfide Albion

Definitions

  1. The United Kingdom, seen as a country that is manipulative, deceptive, or treacherous on…

    The United Kingdom, seen as a country that is manipulative, deceptive, or treacherous on the international stage.

    • Vice-President Dick Cheney viewed the move by Britain—“perfidious Albion,” as he put it—as “a stab in the back,” according to a former senior intelligence official.

  2. Alternative letter-case form of Perfidious Albion.

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