Britisher
English

Britishers
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɹɪtɪʃə/
Noun
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!
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- (India) The British colonial authorities; a European member of the British Raj, especially an officer from the colonial authorities.
Translations
British subject
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Adjective
Britisher (not comparable)
- (rare) British
- (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.”
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