Obs. = prec.
1570. Levins, Manip., 84. Of Britayn, Britaner, Britannus.
1622. Peacham, Compl. Gentl., xix. (1634), 239. They are faine to have it of the Britainers, Hollanders, and from the Azores Ilands.
1709. J. Johnson, 27 April, in Ballard MSS. XV. 46. He is the Miracle of a North-britainer.
