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# brit

noun (a Brit, Brits)

«brit» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (informal) A person from Britain (the United Kingdom of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brit/#m1)
2. (Brits) British people in general, often as tourists: Brits abroad. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brit/#m2)

### In the lessons

A short, friendly or jokey word used in news, chat and especially by Americans and Australians. In stories it marks a British character. Phrases: Brits abroad, a typical Brit, Brit pop.

### Examples

- My American pen pal calls me "the Brit". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brit/#x1)
- Lots of Brits go to Spain on holiday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brit/#x2)
- As a typical Brit, he talks about the weather a lot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brit/#x3)
- The Brits won three gold medals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brit/#x4)
- (Australia) Some Aussies call Brits "Poms" as a joke. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brit/#x5)
- She's a Brit living in Canada. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brit/#x6)

### Note

Written with a capital B: Brit, Brits. Informal; formal words are Briton or British person. Not all people from the British Isles like it: people from Ireland are not Brits.

## In Jewish tradition

This is not a British person. In Sefer Yetzirah it is the Hebrew word for covenant, and here it is the name of a book, the Brit.

**Interpretation.** Brit means the covenant between God and Israel, especially circumcision, and Sefer Yetzirah says God made a covenant with Abraham.

### Examples

- Barges''\*) quotes, from the Paris Cod. 7()'2 the following passage, which occurs also in the Brit. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/brit/#x1)

### Note

Written with a capital B: Brit, Brits. Informal; formal words are Briton or British person. Not all people from the British Isles like it: people from Ireland are not Brits.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «brit» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brit/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«brit» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/brit.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «brit» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/brit/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«brit» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/brit.html) on Mova free.