Crown Dependency

American  

[kraun-di-pen-duhn-see] / ˈkraʊn dɪˈpɛn dən si /

noun

PLURAL

Crown Dependencies

1. a legally independent territory that relies on the British government for a limited number of essential functions, such as defense and some aspects of foreign policy; one of the Bailiwick of Jersey, the Bailiwick of Guernsey, and the Isle of Man.

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Example Sentences

Danny Booth, an expatriate from the Isle of Man, a British Crown Dependency in the Irish Sea, said he had decided to “come and have a look before things start to change here.”

From Seattle Times

Among the options as well as rejoining Norway are other British arrangements, like becoming a crown dependency, the system of government in the Channel Islands, or a model like the Faroe Islands, a self-governing part of Denmark.

From Reuters

On the island of Guernsey, a crown dependency that neighbors Britain in the English Channel, the swarms have been so numerous that Debbie Cox, the secretary of the local beekeepers association, recently ran out of the usual equipment and resorted to using a cardboard box to pick up a melon-size swarm that had nestled in a backyard apple tree.

From New York Times

Jersey is a British Crown Dependency with its own financial and legal systems and a resident population of just over 100,000 people.

From Reuters

But by the 19th century, the English language had overtaken it, and many on the Isle of Man, a self-governing British crown dependency, raised their children to speak only English.

From New York Times