brit

or britt

[ brit ]

/ brɪt /

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noun

the group of small marine animals forming the food of baleen whales.

the young of herring and sprat.

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Origin of brit

First recorded in 1595–1605; perhaps from Cornish brȳthel “mackerel”; akin to Old Cornish brȳth, Welsh brith “speckled”

Other definitions for brit (2 of 3)

Brit

[ brit ]

/ brɪt /

noun Informal.

Briton (def. 1).

Origin of Brit

First recorded in 1900–05; by shortening

Other definitions for brit (3 of 3)

Brit.

abbreviation

Britain.

British.

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How to use brit in a sentence

Denton, who speaks in the clipped cadence of the Oxford-educated Brit he is, has built quite a castle.
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The strapping 24-year-old Brit is not only one of the hottest young actors in Hollywood but also dating ‘It Girl’ Cara Delevingne.
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I walked up to Muehl along with another Brit, the playwright, Heathcote Williams.
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The very mention of his part in Spice World causes the Brit to erupt in a violent fit of laughter.
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Director Dan Reed, a tall, bald-headed Brit, landed in Nairobi soon after the attack.
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It is pleasantly situated in a hilly district on the river Brit, from which it takes its name.
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Letherbury, about a mile south of Beaminster, is a pleasant walk down the Brit valley, by the river-side.
Thomas Hardy's Dorset|Robert Thurston Hopkins
Brit'omart saw him in Venus's looking-glass, and fell in love with him.
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1|The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D.
Brit had hauled from the mountain-side logs long and logs short, and it had seemed a shame to cut the long ones any shorter.
The Quirt|B.M. Bower
She was continually worrying over rattlesnakes and diphtheria and pneumonia, and begging Brit to sell out and live in town.
The Quirt|B.M. Bower

British Dictionary definitions for brit (1 of 3)

brit

/ (brɪt) /

noun (functioning as singular or plural)

the young of a herring, sprat, or similar fish

minute marine crustaceans, esp copepods, forming food for many fishes and whales

Word Origin for brit

C17: perhaps from Cornish brӯthel mackerel; see brill

British Dictionary definitions for brit (2 of 3)

Brit¹

/ (brɪt) /

noun

informal a British person

British Dictionary definitions for brit (3 of 3)

Brit²

abbreviation for

Britain

British

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