Meaning of Brit | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A British person.
   informal
2. Abbreviation of Britain.
   abbreviation, alt-of
3. One of the young of herrings, sprats, etc.
4. brit milah
5. A Brit Award, a prize for musicians in Britain.
6. Abbreviation of British English.
   abbreviation, alt-of
7. One of the tiny crustaceans, of the genus Calanus, that are part of the diet of right whales.
8. A short river in Dorset, England, which flows through Bridport to the sea at West Bay; in full, the River Brit.

Examples

“If Brit joins Common Market . . .; terms for Brit's entry agreed upon, U S will face new econ, political, defense problems when Brit joins EEC; […]”

“Worked extensively in Brit and USA on behaviour of biol fluids, particularly blood, also lectured in Brit, Germany, Sweden, Japan, Can, USA, 1960s; […]”

“34 EVERYTHING HAPPENS AT NIGHT (TCF, Dec) Irving Cummings; genre: Drama; locations: Switzerland, Brit, France; coding: Ital, Pol, Jew, Ger, US-Brit Coop, For Corr, Nazi, Atroc-Conc, Pacifism, Ref, Brit, Am Icons; biases: Anti-Nazi, Pacifist?.”

“The edges of these bones are fringed with hairy fibres, through which the Right Whale strains the water, and in whose intricacies he retains the small fish, when openmouthed he goes through the seas of brit in feeding time.”

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