briton

«briton» in Mova's school dictionary: A person from Britain; a British citizen — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a Briton, Britons)

meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) A person from Britain; a British citizen. tree →

2) (history) One of the Ancient Britons, the Celtic people who lived in Britain before and during the time of the Romans. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history lessons the Ancient Britons fought the Romans, lived in roundhouses and hill forts; their famous queen was Boudicca. In news it is a formal word: "a Briton has won the race". Phrases: Ancient Britons, a young Briton.

examples

• The Ancient Britons lived in roundhouses. tree →
• Boudicca led the Britons against the Romans. tree →
• (formal) Three Britons were rescued from the mountain. tree →
• A Briton won the tennis final. tree →
• The Romans called the people of Britain "Britanni", the Britons. tree →
• Many Britons now live abroad. tree →

note

Write it with a capital B. Formal; informal is Brit; adjective is British. Not the same as Breton (a person from Brittany in France).

In the corpora

• Long before ancient Britons traded there, he says, Taffy and her Daddy had their home on that down.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «briton» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.