A Briton is a national or native of Great Britain.[1]
Briton or Britons may also refer to:
Peoples
edit- Celtic Britons or Ancient Britons, Celtic people who inhabited Great Britain from the British Iron Age into the Middle Ages
- British people, citizens of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Individuals
edit- William Briton or Breton (died 1356), Breton Franciscan theologian
- Briton Hadden (1898–1929), co-founder and first editor of Time magazine
- Briton Hammon, 18th century slave in British North America who wrote an autobiography published in 1760
- Briton Rivière (1840–1920), British painter
Other uses
edit- HMS Briton, various Royal Navy ships
- PS Briton, a paddle steamer launched in 1862
- Briton Motor Company, a car manufacturer (1909–1919 and 1922–1929) based in Wolverhampton, England
- The Britons, an English antisemitic organization
- Britons, nickname of the Albion College sports teams
- Kaptain Briton, a Marvel Comics alternate version of Captain Britain
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Angus Stevenson, ed. (2010). "Briton". Briton. Oxford Dictionary of English (3rd ed.). ISBN 9780199571123.