Brit

Meanings

1. A British person.
2. A Brit Award, a prize for musicians in Britain.

1. Abbreviation of British.

1. Abbreviation of Britain.
2. Abbreviation of British English.
3. A short river in Dorset, England, which flows through Bridport to the sea at West Bay; in full, the River Brit.

1. To break in pieces; divide.
2. To bruise; indent.
3. To fall out or shatter (as overripe hops or grain).
4. To fade away; alter.

1. One of the young of herrings, sprats, etc.
2. One of the tiny crustaceans, of the genus Calanus, that are part of the diet of right whales.

1. brit milah
2. A covenant, specifically that between God and the Jewish people.

Etymology

First use appears c. 1901, either a shortening of Britisher or Briton, or a back-formation from British.