Brit

1901, either a shortening of Britisher or Briton, or a back-formation from British.

• IPA^(key): /bɹɪt/

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• Rhymes: -ɪt

Brit (plural Brits)

1. (informal, formerly offensive) A British person.
2. A Brit Award, a prize for musicians in Britain.

• West Brit (derogatory)

Brit (comparative more Brit, superlative most Brit)

1. Abbreviation of British.

Brit

1. 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?.

2. (lexicography) Abbreviation of British English.
3. A short river in Dorset, England, which flows through Bridport to the sea at West Bay; in full, the River Brit.

• Britsploitation

• trib, Trib, BIRT, trib., Birt, birt

Brit (plural Britte, diminutive Britjie)

1. Briton, Brit (person from the United Kingdom or of British descent)

• Brits
• Brittanje

• Verenigde Koninkryk

• IPA^(key): [ˈbrɪt]

Brit m anim (female equivalent Britka)

1. Briton

• “Brit”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “Brit”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

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• IPA^(key): /brɪt/

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• Hyphenation: Brit
• Rhymes: -ɪt

Brit m (plural Britten, diminutive Britje n)

1. Brit, Briton

• Brits

Brit

1. a diminutive of the female given name Birgitte, variant of Britt