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.

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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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