Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A native or inhabitant of Great Britain.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A British subject or citizen in any part of the world, but more particularly a native or an inhabitant of Great Britain, especially of England.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Now used jocosely An Englishman; a subject or inhabitant of Great Britain, esp. one in the British military or naval service.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun informal A
Briton .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a native or inhabitant of Great Britain
Etymologies
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Examples
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You know the Britisher is a very strange animal, especially in his native lair.
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They seem to feel that a Britisher is beyond breaking the law, and always stands up for what is right.
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Put to him some such proposition as One Britisher is worth three foreigners, and he would repudiate it with horror.
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Put to him some such proposition as One Britisher is worth three foreigners, and he would repudiate it with horror.
North and South 1937
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The visitor to Palestine today, especially the Britisher, is impressed with the guiding hand of Britain that is here revealed.
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You are no longer an unimportant portion of the British Empire; you acre, with India, I take it, the greatest and most important part; and in so far as the potentialities of the Britisher is concerned unquestionably the most important part next to the Mother Country.
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"Waal now, Mister, I guess that the overhauling of that thaar Britisher is a big thing anyhow, and I'll be dogged if Cap'n Wilks ain't been right smart to lay a hand on them skunks"
The Mason and Slidell Case, and Its Effect on the Americans 1862
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That, I say, is the reason that the Britisher is the greatest fellow in the world.
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We have always known that the Britisher was a good sport.
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This cherry-ripe Facial Tint proves that the Britisher is the most rugged Chap in the World -- except when he is in Stockholm.
Ade's Fables George Ade 1905
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