Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Brit n.

a Briton.

1901		Blackwood’s 169 453: They said; ‘the Brit is at his old game : let us give him time, and smash him [...] as we did at Magersfonteiname .
1935		E. Pound letter Feb. in Paige (1971) 268: Tho I admit the company of bro. hoff will be more entertainin’ than that of the prospective Ogden and whatever other bloody brits one can scare together.
1979		G. Swarthout Skeletons 75: God bless the Brits.
1980		(con. 1940s) O. Manning Sum of Things 424: The Aussies blamed us and the Brits for lack of air cover.
1983		S. Gee Never in My Lifetime in Best Radio Plays (1984) 61: He said he killed a Brit.
1999		(con. 1960) C. Logue Prince Charming 255: Most Brits don’t care that much what happened to the Jews and the gypsies and the homos.
1999		Indep. on Sun. Real Life 11 July 3: This August over a million Brits will crowd onto the Spanish island of Ibiza.
2000		Observer Escape 9 Jan. 19: We love the Brits.
2006		R. Antoni Carnival 55: ‘Where you guys from?’ the one beside me asked. ‘UK?’ [...] ‘You guys Brits?’ he repeated.
2009		L. McIlvanney All the Colours 115: [D]riving Yanks and Brits around.
2016		Eve. Standard (London) 29 Feb. 🌐 The Brits leave their mark on Tinseltown.

In derivatives

Britsville (n.) [-ville sfx¹ ]

(Aus.) England, esp. London.

1974–5

B. Humphries Barry McKenzie [comic strip] in Complete Barry McKenzie (1988) 116: Been talkin’ posh in Britsville that long I lost me Aussie accent I suppose.

In compounds

Britland (n.)

(N.Z.) Britain.

2000		J. Hawes Dead Long Enough 272: None of us had seen him since he left Britland.
2003		McGill Reed Dict. of N.Z. Sl.