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I, Nennius, disciple of St. Elbotus, have endeavoured to write some extracts which the dulness of the British nation had cast away, because teachers had no knowledge, nor gave any information in their books about this island of Britain. But I have got together all that I could find as well from the annals of the Romans as from the chronicles of the sacred fathers, Hieronymus, Eusebius, Isidorus, Prosper, and from the annals of the Scots and Saxons, and from our ancient traditions.http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/nennius-full.html
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Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English Breton, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French, from Latin Britton-, Britto, of Celtic origin; akin to Welsh Brython
Date:13th century
1: a member of one of the peoples inhabiting Britain prior to the Anglo-Saxon invasions
2: a native or subject of Great Britain ; especially : ENGLISHMAN