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Brit⋅on

  [brit-n]
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–noun
1. a native or inhabitant of Great Britain, esp. of England.
2. one of the Celtic people formerly occupying the southern part of the island of Britain.
Origin:
1250–1300; < ML Britōn- (s. of Britō); r. ME Breton < OF < LL Brittōnēs Britons
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Brit·on   (brĭt'n)   
n.  

  1. A native or inhabitant of Great Britain.

  2. One of a Celtic people inhabiting ancient Britain at the time of the Roman invasion.

  3. A member of a Brittonic-speaking people.


[Middle English Britoun, Celt, Briton, from Anglo-Norman Britun, from Latin Brittonēs, Britons, of Celtic origin.]
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Word Origin & History

Briton 
Anglo-Fr. Bretun, from L. Brittonem (nom. Britto, misspelled Brito in MSS) "a member of the tribe of the Britons," from *Britt-os, the Celtic name of the Celtic inhabitants of Britain and southern Scotland before the 5c. Anglo-Saxon invasion drove them into Wales, Cornwall, and a few other corners. Only in historical use after O.E. period; revived when James I was proclaimed King of Great Britain in 1604, and made official at the union of England and Scotland in 1707.
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