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Br.

Br. is the abbreviation of British.

Br. is the abbreviation of brief.

Meaning of British

Adjective

British (comparative more British, superlative most British)

  1. (usually, with-definite-article) Of Britain.
  2. (usually, with-definite-article) Of the United Kingdom.
  3. (usually, with-definite-article) Of the Commonwealth of Nations, or the British Empire.
  4. (informal, proscribed, usually, with-definite-article) Of England; English.
  5. (historical, usually, with-definite-article) Of the ancient inhabitants of the southern part of Britain; Brythonic.
  6. (historical, usually, with-definite-article) Of the British Isles.

See all 13 meanings of British

Meaning of brief

Noun

brief (plural briefs)

  1. A writ summoning one to answer; an official letter or mandate.
    1. A short papal letter.
      • It was in vain that the bishop published a new papal brief, declaring valid the excommunications which he had issued, and those of the inquisitors to be null, and requiring them to seek absolution from him.1891 August, Henry Charles Lea, “A Colonial Inquisitor”, in The Atlantic, →ISSN, archived from the original on 24 Feb 2026
  2. An answer to any action.
    • A written answer or any other brief shall be submitted to the court while allowing a period necessary for the opponent to make preparations with regard to the matters stated therein.1996, Japanese Rules of Civil Procedure, Article 79, Section 1
  3. A memorandum of points of fact or of law for use in conducting a case.
  4. (broadly, figuratively) A position of interest or advocacy.
    • Mrs. Hope was, we believe, a convert to the Roman Catholic Church, and neither she nor her editor conceals the fact that they hold a brief for the Pope and for Catharine against Henry VIII.1894 August 18, “The First Divorce of Henry VIII [book review]”, in The Speaker, volume 10, page 192
  5. An attorney's legal argument in written form for submission to a court.

See all 22 meanings of brief

Noun

Br. (plural Brs.)

  1. An abbreviation of Brother, a title used before either a given name or surname for an adult male, especially in a religious or fraternal context.
    • Br. John Doe

Forms of Br.

pluralBrs.
alternative formBr

Questions about Br.

What does Br. mean?
Br. means an abbreviation of Brother, a title used before either a given name or surname for an adult male, especially in a religious or fraternal context.
What is Br. the abbreviation of?
Br. is the abbreviation of British.
What part of speech is Br.?
Br. is a noun.
What is the plural of Br.?
The plural of Br. is Brs..

Words near Br. in the dictionary

  1. BQP
  2. BQS
  3. br
  4. br'er
  5. br'ers
  6. Br.
  7. bra
  8. bra burner
  9. bra burners
  10. bra chain
  11. bra chains

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Br. (page history and authors); British (page history and authors); brief (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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