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Liverpudlian

Liverpudlian

1 6.5
A person from Liverpool in northwest England
  • noun
  • /ˌlɪvərˈpʊdliən/
translation icon : liverpulidense
  • I think half of us are protesting with our remotes, and the other half are voting for the cheese king just to piss off Cowell, who's unleashed every artist on his label to derail the phony Liverpudlian....

Examples

  • Orwell doesn't even dignify the Liverpudlian with a name, calling him "the Jew" throughout.

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  • Maureen, a small, dark Liverpudlian who is often mistaken for an Indian, was on her twenty-second trip to India, so it was all old hat to her.

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  • However, his best mate at the time is a Liverpudlian.

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  • John never lost that working-class Liverpudlian outlook that he was born into.

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  • I wanted an Eastern blue blood PTA mother, but thank you for a Liverpudlian who studied classics in college.

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  • But the one that really remains is John Lennon gets shot dead and does not come back, and he says in his best Liverpudlian, "Well, we all knew this had to happen."

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  • In 1715, the Liverpudlians built the world's first fully enclosed commercial harbor, cut off from the tides by a gate system.

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  • A new Constantine book set in the DCU could be great if it's done properly and handled by a great writer; then we could get a triumphant return for everybody's favorite Liverpudlian.

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  • Many Liverpudlians take pride in their city's rich musical history.

  • As a lifelong Liverpudlian, she has always supported her local football team.

Synonyms

Scouser
vsLiverpudlian
  • UK
1 9.1

A person from Liverpool, England

has identical meaning but uses a different demonym

Surface Forms

Liverpudlian singular
Liverpudlians plural

Morphology

Liverpudlian = Liverpool (transparent) = Liverpool + ian

Formed by the regular demonymic suffix '-ian' added to the city name 'Liverpool', so the meaning 'a person from Liverpool' is directly derivable.

Etymology

Liverpudlian comes from the city name Liverpool, a name that once meant 'river pool' or 'muddy pool', together with the ending -ian which means 'from' or 'belonging to'. So a Liverpudlian is a person from Liverpool.