BRIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Brit mean? 

• BRIT (noun)
  The noun BRIT has 3 senses:

1. a native or inhabitant of Great Britain

2. the young of a herring or sprat or similar fish

3. minute crustaceans forming food for right whales

  Familiarity information: BRIT used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRIT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Great Britain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Brit; Britisher; Briton

Hypernyms ("Brit" is a kind of...):

European (a native or inhabitant of Europe)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Brit"):

English person (a native or inhabitant of England)

patrial (a person who has the right to be considered legally a British citizen (by virtue of the birth of a parent or grandparent))

Holonyms ("Brit" is a member of...):

GB; Great Britain (an island comprising England and Scotland and Wales)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The young of a herring or sprat or similar fish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

brit; britt

Hypernyms ("brit" is a kind of...):

young fish (a fish that is young)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Minute crustaceans forming food for right whales

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

brit; britt

Hypernyms ("brit" is a kind of...):

copepod; copepod crustacean (minute marine or freshwater crustaceans usually having six pairs of limbs on the thorax; some abundant in plankton and others parasitic on fish)