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briton

Brit.on \'brit-*n\ n [ME Breton, fr. MF & L; MF, fr. L Briton-, Brito, of 
   Celt ori]gin; akin to W Brython 1: a member of one of the peoples 
   inhabiting Britain previous to the Anglo- saxon invasions 2: a native or 
   subject of Great Britain; esp : ENGLISHMAN