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Britisher

Britisher

1 8.3
A person from Great Britain
  • noun
  • /ˈbrɪtɪʃər/
  • Archaic
translation icon : 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.

Examples

  • As a proud Britisher, she enjoys sharing stories about her hometown in England.

  • Sir Eric Drummond, a Britisher, held the post of secretary-general until 1933.

    Academic text (1995)
  • You think of yourself as a little Britisher.

  • Of course, I'm a Britisher, and I feel as one.

  • Only Britishers use that name.

    Blog text (25)
  • Five little Britishers riding in the sun.

  • Every Britisher is proud of the unsinkable Titanic.

  • 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

Brit
vsBritisher
  • Informal
280 6.5

A person from Britain

is the neutral name used without informal or colloquial tone
Briton
vsBritisher
19 3.9

A person who lives in Great Britain

is the same meaning but is an alternative form used interchangeably

Surface Forms

Britisher singular
Britishers plural

Morphology

Britisher = British (transparent) = British + er

Formed by the adjective 'British' plus the agentive/person suffix '-er', so a learner who knows 'British' can infer 'a person from Britain'.

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.