Little Englander, say? (4)

I believe the answer is:

brit

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'little englander say?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how one could define the other.

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(Other definitions for brit that I've seen before include "UK native; young sprat" , "[SOMETHING FISHY]" , "Briton (colloquial)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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