crown dependency
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See also: Crown Dependency and Crown dependency
English
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Noun
crown dependency (plural crown dependencies)
- Any of three island territories in the British Islands that are self-governing possessions of the British Crown.
- Hyponyms: Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey
- 2022 May 20, Caroline Davies, “Doncaster and Milton Keynes among eight towns awarded city status”, in The Guardian:
- This time the contest was open for the first time to applications from crown dependencies and overseas territories and attracted almost 40 entries.
Translations
any of three island territories in the British Islands that are self-governing possessions of the British Crown
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Further reading
- “crown dependency”, in Oxford Learner's Dictionaries