Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
A British person. · A Brit Award, a prize for musicians in Britain.
name
Abbreviation of Britain. · Abbreviation of British English. · A short river in Dorset, England, which flows through Bridport to the sea at West Bay; in full, the River Brit.
adj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAbbreviation of British.
First use appears c. 1901, either a shortening of Britisher or Briton, or a back-formation from British.
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