brit

IPA: brˈɪt

Root Word: Brit

(informal, formerly offensive) A British person.
A Brit Award, a prize for musicians in Britain.
The River Brit, a short river in Dorset, England, which flows through Bridport to the sea at West Bay.
One of the young of herrings, sprats, etc.
One of the tiny crustaceans, of the genus Calanus, that are part of the diet of right whales.
brit milah
Abbreviation of Britain. [(loosely) The United Kingdom.]
(lexicography) Abbreviation of British English. [The English language as written and spoken in the United Kingdom (in contrast with other places, particularly other countries where English is predominant or at least an important language)]

Examples of "brit" in Sentences

As a brit, I have no idea what a binder clip or a butterfly Clip is!
One of those is a commandment called brit milah, which translates as covenant of…
The other wrong answer: if you were a book, who would most likely read you? students in brit lit I (middle english to 1600)
Congregation Bet Haverim in Atlanta has adopted a "brit," or contract, that stipulates the inclusive values of the community.
In the Propontis, as far as I can learn, none of that peculiar substance called brit is to be found, the aliment of the right whale.
In the Propontis, as far as I can learn, none of that peculiar substance called brit is to be found, the aliment of the Right Whale.
There is a comment in this blog about the pompous 'brit'; he is incredible...very knowledgeable about food and was able to describe the taste exactly.
Adler also regards this marriage ceremony, called brit ha-ahuvim (covenant of the loved ones), as appropriate for both heterosexual and same-sex couples.