brit

Brit.

plural noun

sing.

the young of the herring and some other fishes
small sea animals, esp. certain crustaceans, as copepods, eaten by the baleen whales and many fishes

Origin of brit

Cornish from Old Celtic brith, varicolored; akin to Cornish bruit, speckled

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British

Britisher

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British

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brit

also britt

noun

The young of herring and similar fish.
Minute marine organisms, such as crustaceans of the genus Calanus, that are a major source of food for right whales.

Origin of brit

Perhaps from Cornish bréthel mackerel ( from Old Cornish breithil ) ( from breith speckled ) or from Welsh brithyll trout ( from brith speckled )

Brit

noun

Informal

A British person.

Brit.

abbreviation

Britain
British

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Verb

(third-person singular simple present brits, present participle britting, simple past and past participle britted)

To break in pieces; divide.
To bruise; indent.
(intransitive) To fall out or shatter (as overripe hops or grain).
(intransitive, dialectal) To fade away; alter.

Origin

From Middle English brytten, brutten, from Old English brittian, bryttian (“to divide, dispense, distribute, rule over, possess, enjoy the use of”), from Proto-Germanic *brutjaną (“to break, divide”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreud- (“to break”). Cognate with Icelandic brytja (“to chop up, break in pieces, slaughter”), Swedish bryta (“to break, fracture, cut off”), Danish bryde (“to break”) and Albanian brydh (“I make crumbly, friable, soft”). Related to Old English brytta (“dispenser, giver, author, governor, prince”), Old English brēotan (“to break in pieces, hew down, demolish, destroy, kill”).

Noun

(plural brit)

One of the young of herrings, sprats etc
One of the tiny crustaceans, of the genus Calanus, that are part of the diet of right whales.

Origin

Probably from Middle English bret or birt, applied to a different kind of fish. See bret.

Noun

(plural brits)

brit milah

Origin

Short for brit milah.

Noun

(plural Brits)

(informal, formerly offensive) A British person.

Abbreviations

Britain
British
(lexicography) British English

Origin

1901, either a shortening of Britisher or Briton, or a back-formation from British.

Prefix

British
Britart
Britpop

Origin

Shortened from British.

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