brit Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a native or inhabitant of Great Britain
    Britisher; Briton.
  2. noun the young of a herring or sprat or similar fish
    britt.
  3. noun minute crustaceans forming food for right whales
    britt.

WordNet

Brit, Britt noun (Also<
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Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) (a) The young of the common herring; also, a small species of herring; the sprat. (b) The minute marine animals (chiefly Entomostraca) upon which the right whales feed.

Webster 1913