West Briton

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West Briton (plural West Britons)

  1. (Ireland) Derogatory term for an Irish person whose cultural identity is perceived as being very British, or seems to want to be part of British society; Often shortened to West Brit.
    Gabriel Conroy is described as a West Briton in James Joyce's "The Dead" (from the collection Dubliners).
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