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# brit

«brit» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A person from Britain (the United Kingdom of England…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a Brit, Brits)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (informal) A person from Britain (the United Kingdom of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/brit/#m1)

2) (Brits) British people in general, often as tourists: Brits abroad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/brit/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: This is not a British person. In Sefer Yetzirah it is the Hebrew word for covenant, and here it is the name of a book, the Brit. Interpretation: Brit means the covenant between God and Israel, especially circumcision, and Sefer Yetzirah says God made a covenant with Abraham. In the primary lessons: A short, friendly or jokey word used in news, chat and especially by Americans and Australians. In stories it marks a British character. Phrases: Brits abroad, a typical Brit, Brit pop.

### examples

- Barges''*) quotes, from the Paris Cod. 7()'2 the following passage, which occurs also in the Brit. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/brit/#x1)
- My American pen pal calls me "the Brit". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/brit/#x2)
- Lots of Brits go to Spain on holiday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/brit/#x3)
- As a typical Brit, he talks about the weather a lot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/brit/#x4)
- The Brits won three gold medals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/brit/#x5)
- (Australia) Some Aussies call Brits "Poms" as a joke. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/brit/#x6)
- She's a Brit living in Canada. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/brit/#x7)

### note

Written with a capital B: Brit, Brits. Informal; formal words are Briton or British person. Not all people from the British Isles like it: people from Ireland are not Brits.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «brit» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/brit/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.