LONDONER

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• LONDONER (noun)
  The noun LONDONER has 1 sense:

1. a native or resident of London

  Familiarity information: LONDONER used as a noun is very rare.

• LONDONER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or resident of London

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Londoner" is a kind of...):

English person (a native or inhabitant of England)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Londoner"):

Cockney (a native of the east end of London)

Holonyms ("Londoner" is a member of...):

British capital; capital of the United Kingdom; Greater London; London (the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center)

Derivation:

London (the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center)

 Context examples 

The squire’s weather-stained face flushed to a deeper red as he turned upon the Londoner.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The natives were Cucama Indians, an amiable but degraded race, with mental powers hardly superior to the average Londoner.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“I thought you Londoners were never at fault. You don’t seem to be so very quick, after all.”

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

‘Not so many as you might think,’ he answered. ‘You see it is really confined to Londoners, and to grown men.’

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The Londoner nodded.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)