West Briton

English

Alternative forms

• (Irish): West Brit

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌwɛst ˈbrɪtn/

Noun

West Briton (plural West Britons)

1. A person from the western part of Britain, a Welsh or Cornish person, especially (historical) the western Britons who resisted the 5th-century Anglo-Saxon invasion.
2. (Ireland, derogatory) An Irish person considered to be excessively Anglophile, an Irish person who acts English or desires to be part of British society.

   Synonyms: jackeen, Plastic Paddy, shoneen

   • 1914, James Joyce, The Dead:

     —Well, I'm ashamed of you, said Miss Ivors frankly. To say you'd write for a rag like that. I didn't think you were a West Briton.

Hypernyms

• race traitor

Derived terms

• West Britonism

References

• “West Briton, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2022.