Complete Definition of "Briton"

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English

Etymology
From OF. term|Breton|langfro, from L. term|Britto|langla or its Celtic equivalent (compare Welsh term|Brython|lang=cy).

Pronunciation
IPA|/�brɪt�n/

Noun
en-noun

  1. An inhabitant of Great Britain.
  2. A member of the British ethnic group.
  3. historical A Celtic inhabitant of southern Britain at the time of the Roman conquest.

Translations
trans-top|inhabitant of Great Britain
Bosnian: Britonac m (Briton), Britanac m (British)
Chinese: ��人, ��人 (Yingguoren, Ying1guo2ren2)
Czech: Brit m
Faroese: breti m
Finnish: britti
German: Brite m, Britin f
Greek: ��ε�ανν�� m, ��ε��ανή f
Hebrew: �ר��� (brit'i) m, �ר���ת (brit'it) f
Indonesian: orang inggris
Japanese: ��人 (eikoku-jin)
Old English: Bryt m, Brytas m|p, Bryttas m, Britons of Wales Bryttwealas m|p, Bryttwalas m|p
Polish: Brytyjczyk m, Brytyjka f
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Norwegian: brite m
Portuguese: bretão m
Romanian: britanic m, britanic� f, britanici m|p, britanice f|p i|noun & adj
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: ��и�она� m (Briton), ��и�ана� m (British)
:Roman: Britonac m (Briton), Britanac m (British)
Spanish: británico m, británica f, británicos m|p, británicas f|p
Swedish: britt c
Welsh: Brython
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Related terms
Brit, Britisher: colloquial variants of "Briton"

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