Dictionary

Albioner en · NOUN

Etymology

From Albion + -er.

Meanings

1. (rare) A native or inhabitant of Albion (Great Britain (or sometimes just England or the British Isles)).
   • The man was dressed in country fashion, obviously a native Albioner or trying hard to look like one. 2001, Andre Norton, Rosemary Edghill, “Savage Enchantment (Baltimore, August 1807)”, in Leopard in Exile (Carolus Rex; 2), New York, N.Y.: Tor, →ISBN, page 174:
   • Barigrange and his colleagues could not understand a word of the discussion between Nikhol and Cedhunt, as it was in the Greenlander tongue, but from the expressions on Nikhol’s face it was apparent that Cedhunt was doing a good job of convincing him of a profitable business relatonship in prospect with these “Albioners.” 1988 February, Charles Fontenay, “Fredeya”, in Robert Adams, Martin H[arry] Greenberg, Patricia Crippen Adams, editors, Barbarians II (Demons and Sorcerers), New York, N.Y.: Signet, →ISBN, page 185:
   • Travellers from abroad speak of “landing on the shores of Albion.” The inhabitants are Albioners, a prettier and more resonant name than “Britishers.” 1897, George Jacob Holyoake, “1893. […]”, in The Jubilee History of the Leeds Industrial Co-operative Society Limited, […], Manchester: Co-operative Printing Society […], →OCLC, page 159:
   • But I don't think they'd associate <grenouille> with francophobic Albioners, would they? 2002 July 28, David C Pugh, “She may have a point.”, in alt.callahans (Usenet), archived from the original on 18 Aug 2026:
   • Let's give the perfidian Albioners roasted veal for dinner! 1997 October 14, Antonio Marques, “Le "CALF" boulegue !”, in soc.culture.occitan (Usenet), archived from the original on 18 Aug 2026:
   • M. Mohl must, then, give up all claim to the gloire of having introduced Firdousi to the European literary world; and his countrymen and admirers must perforce consent to transfer it to the perfidious Albioners. 1851 March 27, “Correspondence”, in The Literary Gazette […], number 1784, London: Reeve and Benham, […], published 29 March 1851, →OCLC, page 237, column 3:
   • M. Ferdinand de Lessseps,^([sic]) the Chairman of the Company, and, so to speak, its life and soul, was on presenting himself greeted with enthusiasm—the accounts presented were sanctioned with enthusiasm—the reports on the state of the works were enthusiastically applauded—and much abuse of perfidious Albion for opposing the canal, and in particular of the most perfidious of all Albioners, Lord Palmerston, which adorned the said reports, and was repeated in other words by M. de Lesseps, was cheered until the roof shook. 1863 July 23, correspondent, “Foreign Correspondence”, in The Economist, […], volume XXI, number 1,039, London, published 25 July 1863, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 822, column 1:
   • “Albioners bring demons. Not the Cathar.” […] Isaiah obediently extended his hand toward Jane, and while Jane might lie to an Albioner—and probably did so habitually to protect herself—she knew better than to disobey one. 2023 September–October, Sarah Monette, “The Kingdom of Darkness”, in Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, editors, Uncanny Magazine, number 54, [Urbana, Ill.], →OCLC, part III (Jane Cathar), page 88:
   • But the brave Belge, M. Jottrand, who now writes on the huge city, is of a very different stamp. No hatred has he of the perfidious Albioners; no burning envy, no malignant injustice fill his heart. 1852 July 3, “[Notices.] Londres au point de vue Belge. By L. Jottrand. Brussels: Muquardt.”, in The Literary Gazette […], number 1850, London: Reeve and Co., […], →OCLC, page 528, column 3:
   • [T]here you will have been expoged to the seduction of St. Moritz moon and can even the best of boy-friends amongst perfidious albioners^([sic]) resist that moon? 1929, Nancy Hoyt, Promise Not to Tell, New York, N.Y.: Horace Liveright, →OCLC, page 177:
   • They don’t indeed imitate their countrymen in that distant part of the world, who are ready at a moment’s notice, whether asked or not, whether for any conceivable purpose or not, to “die for the glorious tri-colour,” but they spill ink and waste pens for it in a manner most appalling to the perfidious Albioners in Paris, most encouraging to stationers, and most expensive to the newspaper proprietors who have to pay. 1844 February 28, Guepe [pseudonym], “Private Correspondence”, in John Bull, volume XXIV, number 1,212, London: […] J. C. Bunney, […], published 2 March 1844, →OCLC, page 138, column 2:

Forms

Synonyms

Albionian