Dictionary

belonger en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /bɪˈlɒŋə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /bɪˈlɑŋɚ/ (General-American, cot-caught-merger)
• /bɪˈlɔŋɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From belong + -er.

Meanings

1. One who belongs; a member.
   • While both are poets of exile, Dante is more of a belonger and less of a loner. 1997, John K. Hale, Milton's Languages: The Impact of Multilingualism on Style, page 156:
2. (UK) One who has close ties to a specific overseas territory, normally by ancestry, and is therefore granted certain rights.
   • All British subjects (i.e., any Commonwealth citizens) born in Hong Kong were belongers. 1999, Yash P. Ghai, Hong Kong's new constitutional order, page 158:

Forms

Deriveds

belongership