Londoner
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See also: londoner
Etymology
From Middle English Londonere, from Old English Lundenware, Lundenwaran pl (“Londoners”), from Lunden (“London”) + -ware pl (suffix denoting inhabitants), equivalent to London + -er (“inhabitant of”, demonymic suffix).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈlʌn.dən.ə(ɹ)/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
Londoner (plural Londoners)
- A person from, or an inhabitant of, London.
- Synonym: Londonite
- 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 214:
- But the raw material that the Underground had to work on - Londoners themselves - was possibly not of the best. In 1905 Charles Yerkes had said:
Londoners are the worst people to get a move on I ever knew. To see them board and get off a train one thinks they had a thousand years to do it in; still they are getting better, and in the end I shall work them down to an allowance of thirty seconds.
- 2022 January 12, “Network News: Further extension to Transport for London emergency funding”, in RAIL, number 948, page 8:
- Khan countered this by alleging that 'unfair' conditions, such as raising council tax, are being attached to any new funding deal that would "punish Londoners" for the effect the pandemic has had on passenger numbers. He added: "These short-term deals are trapping TfL on life support rather than putting it on the path to long-term sustainability."
Translations
person from or inhabitant of London
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See also
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
Londoner m (strong, genitive Londoners, plural Londoner, feminine Londonerin)
Declension
Declension of Londoner [masculine, strong]
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