Briton

[ US /ˈbɹɪtən/ ]
NOUN
  1. a native or inhabitant of Great Britain
  2. an inhabitant of southern Britain prior to the Anglo-Saxon invasions
ADJECTIVE
  1. characteristic of or associated with the Britons
    the Briton inhabitants of England
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How To Use Briton In A Sentence

  • His sister Anaumed went over to Armorica in 490, and upon her arrival was married to Budic, king of the Armorican Britons. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March
  • A 35-year-old Briton languishing in a Bangkok jail under sentence of death for a crime he says he did not commit is planning to protest his innocence by refusing to plead for a royal pardon.
  • More From The Times Britons to skive off work for Murray semi. Fed Express Fails to Deliver
  • Britons have been swapping bets on royal foibles for decades - many gambled on the name Diana would choose for her eldest son - but recent years have seen an expansion in the scope of the bets offered by mainstream bookmakers. The Seattle Times
  • Carne (who had taken most kindly to the fortune which made him an untrue Englishman) clapped his breast with both hands; not proudly, as a Frenchman does, nor yet with that abashment and contempt of demonstration which make a true Briton very clumsy in such doings; while Daniel Tugwell, being very solid, and by no means “emotional” — as people call it nowadays — was looking at him, to the utmost of his power Springhaven
  • All four Britons are based in America. Times, Sunday Times
  • But the ceremonies are likely to be resisted by some young Britons, who are naturally wary of what they regard as flag-waving patriotism.
  • One in ten Britons could be out of work if the eurozone debt crisis takes a turn for the worse, a group of leading economists has warned. Times, Sunday Times
  • Has the world's most pugnacious advocate for the world's poor, a man who almost single-handedly brought the appalling images of famine-struck Africa into the front rooms of millions of Britons, finally gone too far?
  • The crucial point to note is this: these veejays are not white Canadians, Americans, or Britons.
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