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Classical english

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old englishnoun(linguistics, history) The ancestor language of Modern English, also called Anglo-Saxon, spoken in most of Britain from about 400 to 1100.
standard englishnoun(linguistics) The form of the English language widely accepted as the usual correct form.
early new englishnounThe form of the English language written and spoken from the end of the 15th century to the mid-17th century.
middle englishnounThe ancient or older language of Modern English, spoken in England and parts of Scotland (where it became Lowland Scots) from about 1100 AD to 1500 AD.
queen's englishnoun(chiefly England) Often preceded by the: spoken or written English regarded as used and safeguarded by the Queen of England; standard English characterized by correct grammar and what is thought of as proper usage of words and expressions, and (when spoken) formal British pronunciation.
king's englishnoun(chiefly England) Often preceded by the: spoken or written English regarded as used and safeguarded by the King of England; standard English characterized by correct grammar and what is thought of as proper usage of words and expressions, and (when spoken) formal British pronunciation.
elizabethan englishnounThe dialect of English spoken during the reign of Elizabeth I of England.
new englishnounThe form of the English language spoken since the Great Vowel Shift in England, completed in roughly 1550.
british englishnounThe English language as written and spoken in the United Kingdom; (often) that which is spoken in both the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of Nations, considered as a single variety.
american englishnounThe form of the English language that is chiefly used in the United States, contrasted with British English or Canadian English and that of other places.
late modern englishnounThe form of the English language written and spoken in the 18th and 19th centuries.
englishnounOf or pertaining to England.
modern englishnounThe English language spoken since the Great Vowel Shift, completed in roughly 1550.
commonwealth englishnoun(uncommon) The generalised variety of English spoken and written primarily in the United Kingdom and its former colonies, sometimes excluding Canada (especially in the context of pronunciation); always excluding the United States of America. (i.e. non-American English)
early modern englishnounThe form of the English language written and spoken from the end of the 15th century to the mid-17th century.
anglo-saxonnounA member of the Germanic peoples who settled in England during the early fifth century.
english englishnounA dialect of the English language that is spoken mostly in England.
edited englishnoun(linguistics) Standard English in written form
english languageEnglish is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England on the island of Great Britain.
londonesenoun(informal) The English language as spoken by Londoners.

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