[see -ER1.]
1. A native (or inhabitant) of London. (Now chiefly with some reference to the real or supposed characteristics of London people.)
c. 1460. J. Russell, Bk. Nurture, 1025. Hym þat hath byn meyre & a londynere.
1518. in W. H. Turner, Select. Rec. Oxford, 18. As your grace dyuysid for Londonars.
1613. Shaks., Hen. VIII., I. ii. 154. The Duke … did of me demand What was the speech among the Londoners, Concerning the French Iourney.
1632. Sherwood (title-p.), Dictionaire, Anglois et François … by Robert Sherwood Londoner.
1777. Sheridan, Trip Scarb., IV. i. These Londoners have got a gibberish with ’em would confound a gipsy.
1849. Macaulay, Hist. Eng., iii. I. 321. Towards London and Londoners he felt an aversion which more than once produced important political effects.
1884. Contemp. Rev., Feb., 226. The thoroughbred Londoner is seldom a perfect workman.
† 2. A ship belonging to London. Obs.
1764. Ann. Reg., 92. Returned from the whale fishery … ten Londoners with seven fish.
