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loiner

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
loin-er
IPA
6
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A native of Leeds, England.

British usage; Colloquial; Dated

Etymology

Possibly from Old English Leodis (“a Celtic kingdom”). Joseph Wright's English Dialect Dictionary included an etymology from Marsh Lane in Leeds (volume 3, page 565). The word "lane" used to be pronounced /lɔɪn/ in the Leeds area, but this pronunciation has passed out of use.

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Inflected Forms

Loiners (plural)

Questions

What does loiner mean?
A native of Leeds, England.
Where does loiner come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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