Britisher
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8.3
- noun
- /ˈbrɪtɪʃər/
- Archaic
:
británico
- Every Britisher I meet seems to have a unique perspective on their culture.
- Britisher says
I thought he's just like some Britisher who knows the head of Blackwater Intelligence.
- I thought he's just like some Britisher who knows the head of Blackwater Intelligence.
Examples
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As a proud Britisher, she enjoys sharing stories about her hometown in England.
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Sir Eric Drummond, a Britisher, held the post of secretary-general until 1933.
Academic text (1995) -
You think of yourself as a little Britisher.
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Of course, I'm a Britisher, and I feel as one.
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Only Britishers use that name.
Blog text (25) -
Five little Britishers riding in the sun.
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Every Britisher is proud of the unsinkable Titanic.
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I am a young Britisher researching the relative costs of nuclear, solar, wind, and fossil fuels for a fledgling environmental activism group.
Blog text (25) -
The first soccer club in Mexico was founded by British miners in Pachuca in 1900, and Britishers and other foreigners dominated the sport until 1912.
Academic text (1994) -
During the festival, a Britisher offered to teach us traditional British dances.
Synonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Britisher is made from British plus the ending -er, where -er means 'a person who' (as in teacher). So Britisher simply means 'a person from Britain', which is why it names a native or inhabitant of Great Britain.