Brit
pronunciation
How to pronounce Brit in British English:
UK [brɪt]
How to pronounce Brit in American English:
US [brɪt]
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- Noun:
- the young of a herring or sprat or similar fish
- minute crustaceans forming food for right whales
Word Origin
- Brit (n.)
- U.S. colloquial shortening of Britisher or Briton, 1901, formerly (in common with Britisher) highly offensive to Englishmen traveling in the States, who regarded it as yet another instance of the "odious vulgarism" of the Americans, but Bret and Bryt were common Old English words for the (Celtic) Britons and survived until c. 1300. In Old French, Bret as an adjective meant "British, Breton; cunning, crafty; simple-minded, stupid."
Example
- 1. We may all end up like that brit !
- 2. Born and raised a brit , I can make vague claims to gentlemanhood .
- 3. Brit hume , a conservative commentator , has called the former pennsylvania senator 's pronouncements " general election poison " .
- 4. Brit and jami shook their heads .
- 5. The brit lives in the red house .