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Londoner|ˈlʌndənə(r)|
[see -er1.]
1. A native (or inhabitant) of London. (Now chiefly with some reference to the real or supposed characteristics of London people.)
c1460J. Russell Bk. Nurture 1025 Hym þat hath byn meyre & a londynere. 1518in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxford 18 As your grace dyuysid for Londonars. 1613Shakes. Hen. VIII, i. ii. 154 The Duke..did of me demand What was the speech among the Londoners, Concerning the French Iourney. 1632Sherwood (title-p.), Dictionaire, Anglois et François..by Robert Sherwood Londoner. 1777Sheridan Trip Scarb. iv. i, These Londoners have got a gibberish with 'em would confound a gipsy. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. iii. I. 321 Towards London and Londoners he felt an aversion which more than once produced important political effects. 1884Contemp. Rev. Feb. 226 The thoroughbred Londoner is seldom a perfect workman.
†2. A ship belonging to London. Obs.
1764Ann. Reg. 92 Returned from the whale fishery..ten Londoners with seven fish. |