Little Englander
noun
an English person who believes the best interests of Britain are served by attention to Britain itself, rather than to the concerns of the empire.
Little Englandism
-
a word derived from
Little Englander.
Example Sentences
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This means an end to the Little Englandism that sometimes envelops the Royal household and a richer appreciation of Britain's place in Europe.
From Time ● Apr. 28, 2011
Successive sterling crises have demonstrated to all but the most insular Britons that Little Englandism will not work in the modern industrial world.
From Time Magazine Archive
The period of laissez faire in imperial matters, of Little Englandism, drew to a close in the early eighties.
From The Canadian Dominion; a chronicle of our northern neighbor by Oscar Douglas Skelton
The above remarks will be wholly misunderstood if they are taken to imply any spirit of Little Englandism on the part of the writer.
From International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar by Walter John Clark
You will find the very names of the old futile cross-purposes of party warfare will fall into the limbo which has swallowed up the pillory, the stocks, and Little Englandism.
From The Message by H. M. (Henry Matthew) Brock
