West Britonn.

Brit.

/ˌwɛst ˈbrɪtn/, U.S.

/ˈˌwɛst ˈbrɪtn/

Forms:

α. See west adv., adj., n.¹, and prep. and Briton n. and adj.

β. 1600s West Britaine, 1700s West Britain.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; probably originally modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: west adj., Briton n.

Etymology: < west adj. + Briton n., probably originally after post-classical Latin Brito Occidentalis (a1364 in the passage translated in quot. a1387 at sense 1). With the β. forms compare Britain n.¹ Compare North Briton n., North Britain n.¹

1. A native or inhabitant of the western part of Great Britain, esp. Wales or Cornwall; spec. (historical) a member of one of the Brittonic-speaking peoples inhabiting Great Britain, as distinguished from an Anglo-Saxon.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > Welsh nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Wales

WelshmanOE

WelshlOE

West Britona1387

Britain1516

Briton1583

Walesman1591

flannela1616

Taffy1699

leek1725

Cambrian1780

Welsher1857

Welshy1875

South Walian1894

Taff1929

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 147 Þat ȝere kyng Kentwynus chasede þe west Bretouns [L. Britones Occidentales] anon to þe see.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clviii f. lxxxvi^v They drewe Westwarde, and made a confederey with West Brytons.

1612 J. Speed Theatre of Empire of Great Brit. iv. ii. 141/1 That [city] which wee call Diuelin..the west Britaines Dinas Dulin, the English-Saxons in times past Duplin.

1712 P. Leigh Life S. Wenefride 46 Whatever this incredulous Age may think of..our Saint's Return to Life; it appear'd so evident to the West Britains..that many Pagan People..came..to receive Baptism.

1774 Weekly Museum 2 220 Plumbs, Oranges, Grapes, whate'er I dote on, To garnish my table, who am a West Briton.

1845 B. Thorpe tr. J. M. Lappenberg Hist. Eng. under Anglo-Saxon Kings II. ii. 20 A numerous army of Danes, in alliance with the West-Britons, attacked king Ecgberht.

1877 Yorks. Archæol. & Topogr. Jrnl. 4 446 They have preserved no notice of one who was actually King of the West Britons, during the time that is assigned to luor's principality.

1905 Dial 1 May 337/1 (advt.) The stirring days when the West Briton was making his final stand against the tide of Saxon Conquest.

1955 D. Whitelock tr. William of Malmesbury in Eng. Hist. Documents I. viii. 281 He turned himself to the West Britons, who are called Corn-Welsh.

2002 M. Stoyle (title) West Britons: Cornish identities and the early modern British state.

2. A native or inhabitant of Ireland, regarded as a western territory of Britain; (in later use, chiefly derogatory) one who favours a close political or cultural connection with Great Britain.

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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Irish > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Ireland

IrishmanOE

Ireis1297

hooded mana1464

Mac1518

Irish1553

Teague?1661

bog-trotter1682

Milesian1682

dear joy1688

Teaguelander1689

paddy1714

bog-lander1736

bog-stalkera1758

brogueneer1758

paddywhack1773

Pat1796

West Briton1805

Irisher1807

Patlander1820

Greek1823

Mick1850

redneck1852

Grecian1853

mickeyc1854

Mike1859

harp1904

society > authority > rule or government > politics > Irish politics > [noun] > principles or policies > adherents or supporters of

unionist1799

West Briton1805

repealer1829

nationalist1849

Home Ruler1867

loyalist1885

Little Irelander1900

devolutionist1905

N1906

partitionist1921

1805 Morning Chron. 28 Sept. The Jury at the Old Bailey, on Friday, must surely have been composed of West Britons.

1816 J. Giffard Let. to Sir Robert Peel 19 Mar. (Brit. Library Add. MSS. 40,253) f. 258 Had the whole [of the United Kingdom] been called by one common name Britain—we should have had the Inhabitants proud of the glorious Title Britons and we West Britons would have been as much conciliated and attached as the North Britons are.

1836 D. O'Connell in J. O'Connor Hist. Ireland 1798–1924 (1925) I. vii. 226 The people of Ireland are ready..to become a kind of West Britons, if made so in benefits and justice; but if not, we are Irishmen again.

1879 Punch 15 Mar. 120/1 Protestants he did not consider Irishmen at all. They were merely West Britons, who had by accident been born in Ireland.

1909 J. Barlow Irish Ways 3 Not to believe in, at least, fairies, argues you a west-Briton, if nothing worse.

1960 C. C. O'Brien Shaping of Mod. Ireland 19 When Moran and his friends talked of West Britons they had in mind, I imagine, some archetype of a dentist's wife who collected crests, ate kedgeree for breakfast and displayed on her mantelpiece a portrait of the Dear Queen.

1972 C. C. O'Brien States of Ireland iv. 77 Protestant loyalists—that is to say, most Protestants—also came inevitably under attack, usually as West Britons.

2007 Irish News (Nexis) 31 Oct. 24 Unionists are truly ‘West Britons’ but they are here and they deserve to be respected.

Derivatives

ˌWest ˈBritonism n. the policy of favouring a close political or cultural connection between Ireland and Great Britain.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > Irish politics > [noun] > principles or policies

whiteboyism1777

Defenderism1795

United Irishism1800

republicanism1807

Orangeism1811

Rockism1824

repeal1830

unionism1831

whitefootism1832

West Britonism1841

Young Irelandism1846

Home Rule1858

Fenianism1866

Land-leaguism1881

nationalism1885

Sinn Feinism1907

partition1919

Ulsterization1977

1841 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 20 Apr. Loud was their repudiation of nationality, and their proclamation of West-Britonism!

1890 D. Hyde in tr. Beside Fire Pref. p. xliv The men who..while protesting..against West Britonism, have helped..to assimilate us to England and the English.

1925 J. O'Connor Hist. Ireland 1798–1924 II. xxiv. 368 The American friends of Irish liberty are both grieved and resentful at some of the recent exhibitions given there of the revival of West Britonism.

1991 Independent (Nexis) 5 Apr. (Features section) 21 Even having one brother a star Gaelic footballer..and one a priest did not free me from the taint and the taunt of West Britonism.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	west briton
释义	West Britonn. Brit. /ˌwɛst ˈbrɪtn/, U.S. /ˈˌwɛst ˈbrɪtn/ Forms: α. See west adv., adj., n.¹, and prep. and Briton n. and adj. β. 1600s West Britaine, 1700s West Britain. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; probably originally modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: west adj., Briton n. Etymology: < west adj. + Briton n., probably originally after post-classical Latin Brito Occidentalis (a1364 in the passage translated in quot. a1387 at sense 1). With the β. forms compare Britain n.¹ Compare North Briton n., North Britain n.¹ 1. A native or inhabitant of the western part of Great Britain, esp. Wales or Cornwall; spec. (historical) a member of one of the Brittonic-speaking peoples inhabiting Great Britain, as distinguished from an Anglo-Saxon. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > Welsh nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Wales WelshmanOE WelshlOE West Britona1387 Britain1516 Briton1583 Walesman1591 flannela1616 Taffy1699 leek1725 Cambrian1780 Welsher1857 Welshy1875 South Walian1894 Taff1929 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 147 Þat ȝere kyng Kentwynus chasede þe west Bretouns [L. Britones Occidentales] anon to þe see. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clviii f. lxxxvi^v They drewe Westwarde, and made a confederey with West Brytons. 1612 J. Speed Theatre of Empire of Great Brit. iv. ii. 141/1 That [city] which wee call Diuelin..the west Britaines Dinas Dulin, the English-Saxons in times past Duplin. 1712 P. Leigh Life S. Wenefride 46 Whatever this incredulous Age may think of..our Saint's Return to Life; it appear'd so evident to the West Britains..that many Pagan People..came..to receive Baptism. 1774 Weekly Museum 2 220 Plumbs, Oranges, Grapes, whate'er I dote on, To garnish my table, who am a West Briton. 1845 B. Thorpe tr. J. M. Lappenberg Hist. Eng. under Anglo-Saxon Kings II. ii. 20 A numerous army of Danes, in alliance with the West-Britons, attacked king Ecgberht. 1877 Yorks. Archæol. & Topogr. Jrnl. 4 446 They have preserved no notice of one who was actually King of the West Britons, during the time that is assigned to luor's principality. 1905 Dial 1 May 337/1 (advt.) The stirring days when the West Briton was making his final stand against the tide of Saxon Conquest. 1955 D. Whitelock tr. William of Malmesbury in Eng. Hist. Documents I. viii. 281 He turned himself to the West Britons, who are called Corn-Welsh. 2002 M. Stoyle (title) West Britons: Cornish identities and the early modern British state. 2. A native or inhabitant of Ireland, regarded as a western territory of Britain; (in later use, chiefly derogatory) one who favours a close political or cultural connection with Great Britain. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Irish > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Ireland IrishmanOE Ireis1297 hooded mana1464 Mac1518 Irish1553 Teague?1661 bog-trotter1682 Milesian1682 dear joy1688 Teaguelander1689 paddy1714 bog-lander1736 bog-stalkera1758 brogueneer1758 paddywhack1773 Pat1796 West Briton1805 Irisher1807 Patlander1820 Greek1823 Mick1850 redneck1852 Grecian1853 mickeyc1854 Mike1859 harp1904 society > authority > rule or government > politics > Irish politics > [noun] > principles or policies > adherents or supporters of unionist1799 West Briton1805 repealer1829 nationalist1849 Home Ruler1867 loyalist1885 Little Irelander1900 devolutionist1905 N1906 partitionist1921 1805 Morning Chron. 28 Sept. The Jury at the Old Bailey, on Friday, must surely have been composed of West Britons. 1816 J. Giffard Let. to Sir Robert Peel 19 Mar. (Brit. Library Add. MSS. 40,253) f. 258 Had the whole [of the United Kingdom] been called by one common name Britain—we should have had the Inhabitants proud of the glorious Title Britons and we West Britons would have been as much conciliated and attached as the North Britons are. 1836 D. O'Connell in J. O'Connor Hist. Ireland 1798–1924 (1925) I. vii. 226 The people of Ireland are ready..to become a kind of West Britons, if made so in benefits and justice; but if not, we are Irishmen again. 1879 Punch 15 Mar. 120/1 Protestants he did not consider Irishmen at all. They were merely West Britons, who had by accident been born in Ireland. 1909 J. Barlow Irish Ways 3 Not to believe in, at least, fairies, argues you a west-Briton, if nothing worse. 1960 C. C. O'Brien Shaping of Mod. Ireland 19 When Moran and his friends talked of West Britons they had in mind, I imagine, some archetype of a dentist's wife who collected crests, ate kedgeree for breakfast and displayed on her mantelpiece a portrait of the Dear Queen. 1972 C. C. O'Brien States of Ireland iv. 77 Protestant loyalists—that is to say, most Protestants—also came inevitably under attack, usually as West Britons. 2007 Irish News (Nexis) 31 Oct. 24 Unionists are truly ‘West Britons’ but they are here and they deserve to be respected. Derivatives ˌWest ˈBritonism n. the policy of favouring a close political or cultural connection between Ireland and Great Britain. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > Irish politics > [noun] > principles or policies whiteboyism1777 Defenderism1795 United Irishism1800 republicanism1807 Orangeism1811 Rockism1824 repeal1830 unionism1831 whitefootism1832 West Britonism1841 Young Irelandism1846 Home Rule1858 Fenianism1866 Land-leaguism1881 nationalism1885 Sinn Feinism1907 partition1919 Ulsterization1977 1841 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 20 Apr. Loud was their repudiation of nationality, and their proclamation of West-Britonism! 1890 D. Hyde in tr. Beside Fire Pref. p. xliv The men who..while protesting..against West Britonism, have helped..to assimilate us to England and the English. 1925 J. O'Connor Hist. Ireland 1798–1924 II. xxiv. 368 The American friends of Irish liberty are both grieved and resentful at some of the recent exhibitions given there of the revival of West Britonism. 1991 Independent (Nexis) 5 Apr. (Features section) 21 Even having one brother a star Gaelic footballer..and one a priest did not free me from the taint and the taunt of West Britonism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1387
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