Liverpolitan
English edit
Etymology edit
Influenced by similar terms Neapolitan, metropolitan. Possibly popularized as a more high-class alternative to Liverpudlian.
Adjective edit
Liverpolitan (not comparable)
- (rare) Relating to Liverpool, England.
- Synonym: Liverpudlian
- 2005, Helen B. McCartney, Citizen Soldiers, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 86:
- Indeed, the Liverpolitan accent had more in common with that spoken in surrounding parts of Lancashire in 1914 than it does today.
Noun edit
Liverpolitan (plural Liverpolitans)
- (rare) Someone from Liverpool, England.
- 1907, Dixon Scott, Liverpool, A. and C. Black, page 112:
- The man, it will be seen, was himself a Liverpolitan, and I dare say he voiced very fairly the general Liverpolitan sentiment in these matters.
References edit
- “Liverpolitan”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.