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brit

1
or britt

[ brit ]

noun

  1. the group of small marine animals forming the food of baleen whales.
  2. the young of herring and sprat.


Brit

2

[ brit ]

noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Great Britain, especially of England; Briton:

    He married a Brit.

  2. Disparaging. a member of the British army in Northern Ireland during the Troubles.

adjective

  1. of or relating to Great Britain or its inhabitants; British:

    The syllabus for the course in Brit Lit was none too inspiring.

Brit.

3

abbreviation for

  1. Britain.
  2. British.

brit

1

/ brɪt /

noun

  1. the young of a herring, sprat, or similar fish
  2. minute marine crustaceans, esp copepods, forming food for many fishes and whales


Brit

2

/ brɪt /

noun

  1. informal.
    a British person

Brit

3

abbreviation for

  1. Britain
  2. British

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Word History and Origins

Origin of brit1

First recorded in 1595–1605; perhaps from Cornish brȳthel “mackerel”; akin to Old Cornish brȳth, Welsh brith “speckled”

Origin of brit2

First recorded in 1900–05; by shortening

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Word History and Origins

Origin of brit1

C17: perhaps from Cornish brӯthel mackerel; see brill

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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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