Definition of "Brit"

Brit

/bɹɪt/

noun
plural Brits
1. (informal, formerly offensive) A British person.
2. A Brit Award, a prize for musicians in Britain.
adjective
comparative more Brit, superlative most Brit
1. Abbreviation of British.
proper noun
1. Abbreviation of Britain.
  Quotations
  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; […]
  1971, U.S. News & World Report, page 30
  Worked extensively in Brit and USA on behaviour of biol fluids, particularly blood, also lectured in Brit, Germany, Sweden, Japan, Can, USA, 1960s; […]
  1999, Who's Who in Asia and the Pacific Nations, 4th edition, Routledge, page 445
  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?.
  1996, Michael S. Shull, David Edward Wilt, Hollywood War Films, 1937–1945: An Exhaustive Filmography of American Feature-Length Motion Pictures Relating to World War II, McFarland & Company, page 102
2. (lexicography) Abbreviation of British English.
3. The River Brit, a short river in Dorset, England, which flows through Bridport to the sea at West Bay.