Perfidious Albion
Meanings
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- The United Kingdom, seen as a country that is manipulative, deceptive, or treacherous on the international stage.
name
- Alternative letter-case form of Perfidious Albion.
Word forms
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.
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