londoner
/ˈlʌn.də.nɚ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.45 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A person from, or an inhabitant of, London.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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.""
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).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈlʌn.də.nɚ/
- British English: /ˈlʌn.də.nə(ɹ)/