Definition of 'Brit'
noun (functioning as singular or plural)
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Word origin of 'brit'
Word Frequency
Brit in British 2
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Word Frequency
Brit in American 2
British
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plural nounWord forms: singular brit
1.
the young of the herring and some other fishes
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Word origin of 'brit'
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Used Rarely. brit is in the lower 50% of commonly used words in the Collins dictionary
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