BRITON

Pronunciation (US):

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Briton mean? 

• BRITON (noun)
  The noun BRITON has 2 senses:

1. a native or inhabitant of Great Britain

2. an inhabitant of southern Britain prior to the Anglo-Saxon invasions

  Familiarity information: BRITON used as a noun is rare.

• BRITON (adjective)
  The adjective BRITON has 1 sense:

1. characteristic of or associated with the Britons

  Familiarity information: BRITON used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRITON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Great Britain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Brit; Britisher; Briton

Hypernyms ("Briton" is a kind of...):

European (a native or inhabitant of Europe)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Briton"):

English person (a native or inhabitant of England)

patrial (a person who has the right to be considered legally a British citizen (by virtue of the birth of a parent or grandparent))

Holonyms ("Briton" is a member of...):

GB; Great Britain (an island comprising England and Scotland and Wales)

Derivation:

Briton (characteristic of or associated with the Britons)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Briton" is a kind of...):

Celt; Kelt (a member of a European people who once occupied Britain and Spain and Gaul prior to Roman times)

• BRITON (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Characteristic of or associated with the Britons

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

the Briton inhabitants of England

Pertainym:

Briton (an inhabitant of southern Britain prior to the Anglo-Saxon invasions)

Derivation:

Briton (a native or inhabitant of Great Britain)

 Context examples 

He is the very type of conventional British respectability, and the very man as a witness to impress another Briton.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

According to a survey published in 2017 by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, 84% of surveyed Britons did not wash their hands well enough from a hygiene perspective — at least twenty seconds with soap and water.

(Wash your hands or else spread superbug E. coli, say scientists, Wikinews)

The long succession of British victories which had finally made the French take to their ports and resign the struggle in despair had given all of us the idea that for some reason a Briton on the water must, in the nature of things, always have the best of it against a Frenchman.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I had not then seen a coracle, such as the ancient Britons made, but I have seen one since, and I can give you no fairer idea of Ben Gunn's boat than by saying it was like the first and the worst coracle ever made by man.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Then he flattered himself that he looked like a true Briton, but the first time he had the mud cleaned off his shoes, the little bootblack knew that an American stood in them, and said, with a grin, There yer har, sir.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

It was called, as I remember, “The Briton Conquers but to Save,” and he rolled it out in a very fair bass voice, the others joining in the chorus, and clapping vigorously when he finished.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)