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I am not english and I'd like to know the difference between all these words.
For "britisher" some told me this word doesn't exist however a definition exists:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Britisher

2007-03-10 22:44:05 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture Languages

13 answers

British is an adjective to describe people and things originating in the British Isles.
Briton is a proper noun to describe one of the indigenous people of Great Britain.
Britisher is a term which originated in the First World War to describe a subject or inhabitant of Great Britain, esp. one in the British military or naval service. Unlike the first two, it is not (and never was) used formally.

2007-03-10 22:55:57 · answer #1 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 1 0

I agree with most of the answerers so far.
'British' is an adjective. So I could say, "I am British," or "I like British beef." Being an adjective, it has no plural form.
'Briton' is a noun and is used to describe someone from Great Britain. So, you could say, "He is a Briton." The plural of Briton is 'Britons'.
'Britisher' is a word that I've started hearing recently and means exactly the same as 'Briton'. I've never seen it in any dictionary, but it will probably get into the dictionary within the next few years. I suppose you could also use it in a joking way as the comparative of 'British'. For instance, "This car is British, but that one is even Britisher !"

2007-03-13 03:19:36 · answer #2 · answered by deedsallan 3 · 0 0

British is anything from Britain.eg British beef.
Briton is the old word for a person from Britain.
Britisher doesn't exist..it's a word used in films to convey what the Germans called the British during the war..
like Englander.

2007-03-10 22:58:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

British is an adjective. I'm British but I'm not "a" British. Briton refers to a British person. So I'm a Briton.

Britisher sounds like a stupid Americanism.

I'd prefer to call myself English though.

2007-03-10 22:54:41 · answer #4 · answered by darth_maul_8065 5 · 2 0

Britain is the noun. British is the adjective of Britain. A Briton is the noun refering to a person who holds British citizenship. and Britisher is a rather awful americanised version of Briton.

2007-03-12 00:37:06 · answer #5 · answered by kaiah03 2 · 0 0

British is belonging to the country Britain .Briton is an individual person like a Spanard or an American etc., and Britisher is what Germans call us

2007-03-10 23:03:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

British, is pertaining to Britain.
Briton, is a native citizen of Britain.
Britisher, is an American word meaning the same as Briton

2007-03-10 22:54:10 · answer #7 · answered by kittykatts 4 · 3 0

British is the British people as a whole
Briton is one person who lives in Britain
I have never heard of Britisher, I would have to guess that it is something other people call us

and I agree with Darth_Maul, I prefer to call myself English as well

2007-03-10 22:52:27 · answer #8 · answered by aleta_uk_0 4 · 1 0

British is anythning from, or of, Britain.

A Briton is a person from Britain.

I've never heard the word "britisher" before.

2007-03-10 23:01:03 · answer #9 · answered by T J 6 · 0 0

Britian is a place. People from Britian are classed as British. Britisher is also a term for someone who lives in Great Britian, although not widely used.

oh, and the bigot above me saying we dont know what to call ourselves.... rascism is not clever

2007-03-10 22:51:45 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1 1

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