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单词 wulfrunian
释义

Wulfruniann.

/wʊlˈfrʊnɪən/
Etymology: < the name of Wulfrun, the 10th-century lady of the manor from whose name Wolverhampton is derived + -ian suffix.
An inhabitant of Wolverhampton (see also quot. 1959).
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1959 J. W. Godsell I was no Lady iii. 50 My English husband had attended the ancient and exclusive Gothic-arched Wolverhampton Grammar School, thereby becoming a Wulfrunian.
1974 Times 12 Nov. 15/7 There are ‘self-made’ Wulfrunians of many centuries on our roll.
1979 Times 26 Nov. 4/6 ‘Are you proud to live in Wolverhampton? Or do you, when asked where you come from,..try to change the subject?’ Those are the searching questions that Wulfrunians are being asked by their borough council.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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