Britisher

English thumb|Britishers Etymology en :af British -er<id:occupation> + 1 Pronunciation en /ˈbɹɪtɪʃə/ UK en /bɾɪ.ʈɪ.ʃɐɾ/ /bɾɪ.ʈɪ.ʃəɾ/ /ˈbɾɪ.ʈɪ.ʃəɾ(ə̆)/ India,Pakistan,Indic Noun en now chiefly North America India A Briton. from 19th c. en Frederick Chamier The Life of a Sailor 1833 215 J. & J. Harper http://books.google.com/books?id=9QMmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA215 "Why now, I expect," said the American, "you would not shoot me in cold blood, although you are a Britisher, I guess." VI 88 Unlike Déroulède he was of great height, with fair hair and a somewhat lazy expression in his good-natured blue eyes, and as he spoke, there was just a soupçon of foreign accent in the pronunciation of the French vowels, a certain drawl of o's and a's, that would have betrayed the Britisher to an observant ear. en-US France Interns Britishers The New York Times 1940-08-16 2 https://www.nytimes.com/1940/08/16/archives/france-interns-britishers.html 0362-4331 French newspapers carried today a notice that all Britishers between the ages of 15 and 65 have been interned in special camps. Women and sick men have not been interned. en Ed Herlihy narrator Nixon's Triumphal Return Universal Newsreels 32 63 1959-08-06 2:40 Even in the heart of London, Britishers boast you're never far from the countryside—only a few stories up! en Trudy Baker; Rachel Jones; Donald Bain (writer) Donald Bain (uncredited) Coffee, Tea or Me? Coffee, Tea, or Me?: The Uninhibited Memoirs of Two Airline Stewardesses 1967 Bantam Books New York 248 https://archive.org/details/coffeeteaormeuni00bake/page/248/mode/1up From what we've heard, some of the gayest, hottest and most unusual bedroom scenes have resulted from a stewardess accepting the stiff and proper advance of a Britisher. en https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-54464451 Row over 'insult' to Indian dish Kamala Harris likes Sudha G Tilak Edward Anderson BBC News 2020-10-09 A lot of people have made the very valid point that it is a bit rich for a Britisher to criticise Indian food as being bland! https://web.archive.org/web/20260125231432/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-54464451 25 January 2026 en India The British colonial authorities; a European member of the British Raj, especially an officer from the colonial authorities. Translations somebody from Britain Briton Belarusian: be брыта́нец m, be брыта́нка f French: fr Britannique Galician: gl británico m Hindi: hi ब्रिटिशर s m f c n, hi बरतानवी m Italian: it britannico m, it britannica f Marathi: mr ब्रिटिशर s m f c n Punjabi: pa ਬ੍ਰਿਟਿਸ਼ਰ s m f c n, pa ਬਰਤਾਨਵੀ m Romanian: ro britanic m, ro britanică f Adjective - en rare British en 2015 Claude Pemberton https://books.google.com/books?id=t2rfCQAAQBAJ&pg=PT29&dq=%22Britisher+music%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjGjcSDzObKAhVLwGMKHbRABTcQ6AEIHjAA#v=onepage&q=%22Britisher%20music%22&f=false Your Friday, My Sunday 'Thought you'd like to hear some Britisher music. What you'd like. Some Beatles or some Rolling Stones maybe? They're Britisher, OK?' Adjective en comparative adjective en rare British en 1957 w:Fritz Leiber The Big Time (novel) The Big Time She took a deep breath and stuck out her chin and said in a voice that was even a little higher and Britisher than she usually uses, “We girls have often cried, ‘Shut the Door!’ But now the Door is jolly well shut for keeps.” See also en Englander en Englisher en Scotlander en Irelander en British demonyms Nationalities United Kingdom