belonger

English

Etymology

belong +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bɪˈlɒŋə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /bɪˈlɔŋɚ/, (cot-caught merged) /bɪˈlɑŋɚ/

Noun

belonger (plural belongers)

1. One who belongs; a member.
   • 1997, John K. Hale, Milton's Languages: The Impact of Multilingualism on Style, page 156:

     While both are poets of exile, Dante is more of a belonger and less of a loner.

2. (UK) One who has close ties to a specific overseas territory, normally by ancestry, and is therefore granted certain rights.
   • 1999, Yash P. Ghai, Hong Kong's new constitutional order, page 158:

     All British subjects (i.e., any Commonwealth citizens) born in Hong Kong were belongers.

Derived terms

• belongership

Anagrams

• Blorenge, Grenoble