Britisher

English

Britishers

From British +‎ -er.

Britisher (plural Britishers)

(now chiefly Canada, US, India) A Briton. [from 19th c.]
- 1833, Chamier, Frederick, The Life of a Sailor, J. & J. Harper, page 215:
  "Why now, I expect," said the American, "you would not shoot me in cold blood, although you are a Britisher, I guess."
- 1959 August 6, “Nixon's Triumphal Return”, in Universal Newsreels (32), episode 63, spoken by narrator (Ed Herlihy), 2:40 from the start:
  Even in the heart of London, Britishers boast you're never far from the countryside—only a few stories up!
- 2020 October 9, Sudha G Tilak, quoting Edward Anderson, “Row over 'insult' to Indian dish Kamala Harris likes”, in BBC News‎:
  A lot of people have made the very valid point that it is a bit rich for a Britisher to criticise Indian food as being bland!
(India) The British colonial authorities; a European member of the British Raj, especially an officer from the colonial authorities.

British subject

Britisher (not comparable)

(rare) British
- 2015, Claude Pemberton, Your Friday, My Sunday‎:
  'Thought you'd like to hear some Britisher music. What you'd like. Some Beatles or some Rolling Stones maybe? They're Britisher, OK?'
(rare) comparative degree of British: more British
- 1957, Fritz Leiber, The Big Time:
  She took a deep breath and stuck out her chin and said in a voice that was even a little higher and Britisher than she usually uses, “We girls have often cried, ‘Shut the Door!’ But now the Door is jolly well shut for keeps.”