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11brit — /brit/, n. 1. the group of small marine animals forming the food of whalebone whales. 2. the young of herring and sprat. Also, britt. [1595 1605; perh. < Cornish brythel mackerel; akin to Old Cornish bryth, Welsh brith speckled] * * * …
12Brit — /brit/, n. Informal. Briton (def. 1). [1900 05; by shortening] * * * …
13Brit — Brit, Britt schwedische Kurzform von → Birgit und → Birgitta (Bedeutung: die Erhabene). Namensträgerin: Britt Ekland, schwedische Schauspielerin …
14Brit — (n.) U.S. colloquial shortening of Britisher or Briton, 1901, formerly (like Britisher) highly offensive to Englishmen traveling in the States, who regarded it as yet another instance of the odious vulgarism of the Americans, but Bret and Bryt… …
15Brit. — Brit. (Britain) n. Great Britain (island off the coast of France which is occupied by England, Scotland and Wales) …
16Brit — is a colloquial term (early 20c) for a British person, especially when abroad. Its use is more typically affectionate than hostile or offensive …
17Brit — ► NOUN informal ▪ a British person …
18Brit|on — «BRIHT uhn», noun. 1. a native or inhabitant of Great Britain or the former British Empire. 2. one of the early Celtic inhabitants of southern Britain before the Roman conquest of Britain. ╂[alteration of Middle English Bryton, Breton Old French; …
19Brit — /brɪt/ (say brit) Colloquial –noun 1. an English person: *You ll make me an honorary Brit., will you? –c.j. koch, 1978. –adjective 2. British: a Brit accent …
20brit — I. /brɪt/ (say brit) noun the young of herring and sprat. {Cornish; related to Welsh brith speckled} II. /brɪt/ (say brit) noun → brit milah …
