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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
West Briton en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Meanings
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A person from the western part of Britain, a Welsh or Cornish person, especially (historical) the western Britons who resisted the 5th-century Anglo-Saxon invasion.
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(Ireland, derogatory) An Irish person considered to be excessively Anglophile, an Irish person who acts English or desires to be part of British society.
Coordinate term: Plastic Paddy
—Well, I'm ashamed of you, said Miss Ivors frankly. To say you'd write for a rag like that. I didn't think you were a West Briton.
1914, James Joyce, The Dead:
Forms
Deriveds
West Britonism
Hypernyms
race traitor
Synonyms
shoneen · jackeen