American English pronunciation

How to pronounce briton

IPA transcription: [b'ɹɪtən]

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Noun

  • a native or inhabitant of Great Britain

  • an inhabitant of southern Britain prior to the Anglo-Saxon invasions

Adjective

  • characteristic of or associated with the Britons

    “the Briton inhabitants of England”

Usage examples

  • Piquet finished second to his teammate, Briton Nigel Mansell.
  • They were merely West Britons, who had by accident been born in Ireland.