单词 | west endian |
释义 | West Endiann.adj. Now rare. A. n. ΚΠ 1812 E. Wakefield Acct. Ireland I. xxix. 759 The Connaught men..call themselves ‘West Endians’, which they pronounce, West Indians. 2. A person who lives in the West End of London. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > English nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of England > London > parts of London cocknel1605 Wappineer1690 Savoyard1699 Wappingera1734 West Endian1817 East Ender1821 Belgravian1848 west end1882 Kensingtonian1889 heathen1891 Bloomsburian1902 1817 Hone's Reformists' Reg. 26 Apr. 441 A whole squad of West-Endians used to dine with him two or three times a week. 1874 Punch 21 Mar. 126/3 The London West-Endians feel a still keener interest in the Return of the Upper Ten Thousand. 2007 West End Weeklies? in DPNC (Usenet newsgroup) 25 Feb. I'm thinking about turning some laps around Regent's Park a few times a week... Any West Endians with flexible schedules care to join me? B. adj. Characteristic of the western end of a town or city (esp. London) or its inhabitants. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > named cities or towns > [adjective] > in Britain > London > parts of Whitechapel1785 west end1820 Mayfair1843 Belgravian1848 Tyburnian1850 West Endian1856 West Central1857 West Endy1890 Kensingtonian1902 Mayfairish1938 South Bank1951 1856 J. M. Ludlow Let. Nov. in C. L. Graves Life & Lett. A. Macmillan (1910) ii. 91 [A London shop] more West-endian than Bell's or Nutt's. 1997 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 20 June 25 It is quintessentially West Endian to have a homage to a French singer best-known for topping the charts with a song about heavy breathing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1812 |
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