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Perfidious Albion
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English
Etymology
en fr perfide Albion. First en Q2871612 1 1 at the beginning of the French Revolutionary Wars.
Proper noun
Perfidious Albion
en poetic or international relations derogatory The United Kingdom, seen as a country that is manipulative, deceptive or treacherous on the international stage.
en perfidious Albion
en Mar 30th 2009 w:Dick Cheney Albion, I stab at thee The Economist https://www.economist.com/democracy-in-america/2009/03/30/albion-i-stab-at-thee 0013-0613 Vice-President Dick Cheney viewed the move by Britain—“perfidious Albion,” as he put it—as “a stab in the back,” according to a former senior intelligence official. https://web.archive.org/web/20241228101520/https://www.economist.com/democracy-in-america/2009/03/30/albion-i-stab-at-thee 28 December 2024
Translations
pejorative phrase referring to the United Kingdom
French: fr perfide Albion
Persian: fa انگلیس پرتدلیس engelis-e por-tadlis, fa انگلیس پرتلبیس engelis-e por-tablis
en Derogatory names for countries United Kingdom