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West Brit

West Brit is the alternative form of West Briton.

Meaning of West Briton

Noun

West Briton (plural West Britons)

  1. A person from the western part of Britain, a Welsh or Cornish person, especially (historical) the western Britons who resisted the 5th-century Anglo-Saxon invasion.
  2. (Ireland, derogatory) An Irish person considered to be excessively Anglophile, an Irish person who acts English or desires to be part of British society.
    • Coordinate term: Plastic Paddy
    Synonyms:
    jackeen, shoneen

Forms of West Brit

pluralWest Brits

Questions about West Brit

What is West Brit the alternative form of?
West Brit is the alternative form of West Briton.

Words near West Brit in the dictionary

  1. West Boylston
  2. West Branch
  3. West Brattleboro
  4. West Bridgewater
  5. West Bridgford
  6. West Brit
  7. West Britain
  8. West Briton
  9. West Britonism
  10. West Britons
  11. West Brits

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: West Brit (page history and authors); West Briton (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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