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brit
1[ brit ]
noun
- the group of small marine animals forming the food of baleen whales.
- the young of herring and sprat.
Brit
2[ brit ]
noun
- a native or inhabitant of Great Britain, especially of England; Briton:
He married a Brit.
- Disparaging. a member of the British army in Northern Ireland during the Troubles.
adjective
- of or relating to Great Britain or its inhabitants; British:
The syllabus for the course in Brit Lit was none too inspiring.
Brit.
3abbreviation for
- Britain.
- British.
brit
1/ brɪt /
noun
- the young of a herring, sprat, or similar fish
- minute marine crustaceans, esp copepods, forming food for many fishes and whales
Brit
2/ brɪt /
noun
- informal.a British person
Brit
3abbreviation for
- Britain
- British
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Example Sentences
Denton, who speaks in the clipped cadence of the Oxford-educated Brit he is, has built quite a castle.
The strapping 24-year-old Brit is not only one of the hottest young actors in Hollywood but also dating ‘It Girl’ Cara Delevingne.
I walked up to Muehl along with another Brit, the playwright, Heathcote Williams.
The very mention of his part in Spice World causes the Brit to erupt in a violent fit of laughter.
Director Dan Reed, a tall, bald-headed Brit, landed in Nairobi soon after the attack.
It is pleasantly situated in a hilly district on the river Brit, from which it takes its name.
Letherbury, about a mile south of Beaminster, is a pleasant walk down the Brit valley, by the river-side.
Brit'omart saw him in Venus's looking-glass, and fell in love with him.
Brit had hauled from the mountain-side logs long and logs short, and it had seemed a shame to cut the long ones any shorter.
She was continually worrying over rattlesnakes and diphtheria and pneumonia, and begging Brit to sell out and live in town.
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