Received Pronunciation Definition
noun
A pronunciation of British English, originally based on the speech of the upper class of southeastern England and characteristic of the English spoken at private boarding schools and at Oxford and Cambridge Universities. Until the late 1900s, it was the standard form of English used in British broadcasting.
American Heritage
The pronunciation, commonly used in Brit. broadcasting, of Received Standard.
Webster's New World
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