Britisher
Americannoun
noun
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a native or inhabitant of Great Britain
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any British subject
Etymology
Origin of Britisher
Example Sentences
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“Best privateer that ever raked a Britisher with a broadside! You want to buy expectations from me?”
From Literature
My grandmother always talked passionately about how they'd participated in protests against "those cruel Britishers".
From BBC
They were the only Indian family living among "Britishers", as they were known then.
From BBC
“In the old day there was a mindset that we were between the Britishers and the Indians,” says Bridget White-Kumar, an Anglo-Indian living in the city of Bengaluru.
From The Guardian
This is how Women’s Wear Daily, the American fashion industry’s bible, raved about Quant in her heyday: “These Britishers have a massive onslaught of talent, charm and mint-new ideas. English chic is fiercely NOW.”
From The Guardian
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