Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A native of the western part of Great Britain, especially Cornwall.
- noun Offensive A native Irishman or Irishwoman whose sympathies lie toward England.
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- noun Ireland
Derogatory term for anIrish person whose cultural identity is perceived as being very British, or seems to want to be part of British society; Often shortened to West Brit.
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Examples
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But she had no right to call him a West Briton before people, even in joke.
Dubliners 2003
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Meagher went back to Dublin almost a convert to Mitchel's views, leaving Whig, Tory, and West Briton to exult over his discomfiture.
Speeches from the Dock, Part I Various
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Briton (despite the just protest of Stevenson), it is very unsafe indeed to call an Irishman a West Briton.
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A type of such a play is familiar enough in these days when we like to ridicule the West Briton.
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The _West Briton_ was, as far as he could see, a more interesting paper.
The Day of Judgment Joseph Hocking 1898
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Kimberly Middleton, a reporter for West Briton, scooped both the Esso Award - for gaining the highest mark in the news report exam - and the Newsquest Award for having the highest standard logbook.
New Statesman 2010
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