Britisher

[ brit-i-sher ]

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Britain.

Britisher

/ ˈbrɪtɪʃə /

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Great Britain
2. any British subject

Word History and Origins

Origin of Britisher¹

An Americanism dating back to 1820–30; British + -er ¹

Example Sentences

“Best privateer that ever raked a Britisher with a broadside! You want to buy expectations from me?”

From Literature

My grandmother always talked passionately about how they'd participated in protests against "those cruel Britishers".

From BBC

They were the only Indian family living among "Britishers", as they were known then.

From BBC

“In the old day there was a mindset that we were between the Britishers and the Indians,” says Bridget White-Kumar, an Anglo-Indian living in the city of Bengaluru.

From The Guardian

This is how Women’s Wear Daily, the American fashion industry’s bible, raved about Quant in her heyday: “These Britishers have a massive onslaught of talent, charm and mint-new ideas. English chic is fiercely NOW.”

From The Guardian