What is the difference between British and Britishers?
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What is the difference between British and Britishers?
Britishers is a term used pretty much only in Indian English. Britons is an ethnic term – specifically used to describe a celtic tribe who inhabited the islands from the iron age to the middle ages. British people is a term used to describe people who currently live in Britain, irrespective of their phenotype.
Is there a word called Britishers?
In American English or old-fashioned British English, British people are sometimes informally referred to as Britishers.
Is Britishers a right word?
No. “Britishers” has never been correct or ever officially used in English. “British” is both singular and plural, so adding “ers” to the end is nonsensical and pointless.
What is slang for a British person?
Brit. Brit is a commonly used term in the United States, the Republic of Ireland and elsewhere, shortened from “Briton” or “Britisher”.
What do you call a British person?
The British people or Britons, also known colloquially as Brits, are the citizens of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the British Overseas Territories, and the Crown dependencies.
Is Britisher a proper noun?
The noun ‘British’ is a proper noun. It is always capitalized. Any name that refers to the people of a specific country, such as the ‘Americans,’… See full answer below.
What am I like British slang?
The English idiom ‘What am I like? ‘ is a rhetorical question (one we don’t need anybody to answer) that we ask ourselves out loud when we do something a little bit silly – usually in a public place. It has the same sort of meaning as when Homer says ‘Doh! ‘ in The Simpsons.
What is the plural of British?
The British is already treated as plural. ‘The British have much to be proud of’ etc.
What kind of word is British?
adjective
British is used as an adjective to describe something as coming from or being related to the island of Great Britain or the people who live there, as in We drove through the British countryside. British is also used as a noun to mean the people of Great Britain, usually as “the British.”
