Brit
English
Etymology
1901, either a shortening of Britisher or Briton, or a back-formation from British.
Pronunciation
Noun
Brit (plural Brits)
- (informal, formerly offensive) A British person.
- A Brit Award, a prize for musicians in Britain.
Translations
British person — see Briton
Adjective
Brit (comparative more Brit, superlative most Brit)
- Abbreviation of British.
Proper noun
Brit
- Abbreviation of Britain.
- 1971, U.S. News & World Report, page 30:
- If Brit joins Common Market . . .; terms for Brit's entry agreed upon, U S will face new econ, political, defense problems when Brit joins EEC; […]
- 1999, Who's Who in Asia and the Pacific Nations, 4th edition, Routledge, page 445:
- Worked extensively in Brit and USA on behaviour of biol fluids, particularly blood, also lectured in Brit, Germany, Sweden, Japan, Can, USA, 1960s; […]
- 1996, Michael S. Shull, David Edward Wilt, Hollywood War Films, 1937–1945: An Exhaustive Filmography of American Feature-Length Motion Pictures Relating to World War II, McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 102:
- 34 EVERYTHING HAPPENS AT NIGHT (TCF, Dec) Irving Cummings; genre: Drama; locations: Switzerland, Brit, France; coding: Ital, Pol, Jew, Ger, US-Brit Coop, For Corr, Nazi, Atroc-Conc, Pacifism, Ref, Brit, Am Icons; biases: Anti-Nazi, Pacifist?.
- (lexicography) Abbreviation of British English.
Derived terms
Anagrams
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
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Declension
Further reading
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
Brit m (plural Britten, diminutive Britje n)
Norwegian
Proper noun
Brit
- a diminutive of the female given name Birgitte, variant of Britt
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