Lexic.us

Definition of Briton

1. Noun. A native or inhabitant of Great Britain.

2. Adjective. Characteristic of or associated with the Britons. "The Briton inhabitants of England"

3. Noun. An inhabitant of southern Britain prior to the Anglo-Saxon invasions.

Definition of Briton

1. a. British.

Definition of Briton

1. Noun. An inhabitant of Great Britain. ¹

2. Noun. A member of the British ethnic group. ¹

3. Noun. (historical) A Celtic inhabitant of southern Britain at the time of the Roman conquest. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Briton

British shilling British spelling British spellings British system British thermal unit British thermal units Britisher Britishers Britishification Britishism

Britishisms Britishness Britney Britneys Briton (current term) Britons Britpop Britrock Brits Brittanic

Brittany Brittany spaniel Brittanys Britten Brittish Brittney Brittonic Brix Brix scale

Literary usage of Briton

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1781)
"When he comes down to our own times, he fays to the Coin, or Briton, ... 'Tis there the king, a Briton born, ..."

2. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1763)
"... that the Original North-Briton terminated with the celebrated No. ... periods of publication, out came a North- Briton, which was continued as ..."

3. The Constitutional History of England Since the Accession of George the by Thomas Erskine May (1875)
"The unpopular minister was swep away ; but the storm continued. Foremost among his assailants had been the " North Briton ..."

4. The Constitutional History of England Since the Accession of George the by Thomas Erskine May (1891)
"Foremost among his assailants had been the " North Briton," conducted by Wilkes, who was not disposed to spare the new minister, Mr. Grenville, ..."

5. The Church History of Britain, from the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller, James Nichols (1842)
"Worth the Scrutiny to clear Constantine a Briton by Birth. Let none say, " The kernel will not be worth the cracking; and, so that Constantine were born, ..."

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