Middle English Dictionary Entry
Lǒndoner(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | Lǒndoner(e n. |
| Etymology | From Lǒndon. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
An inhabitant of London, a Londoner.
Associated quotations
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)6.393 : Þe Londoners [Higd.(2): men of London]..destroyed þat castel.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)8.253 : Octobon, þe legat, denounced acorsed þe Londoners.
- (c1400) Higd.(1) (Hrl 1900)7.507 : The Londoners and many of the lordes made her kyng Edmund Irensyde.
- a1475 Russell Bk.Nurt.(Hrl 4011)1025 : Hym þat hath byn meyre & a londynere.
- 1543(1464) Hardyng Chron.B (Grafton)p.224 : Herolde, his soonne, was crouned then in deede, By Leofrike..By Londoners.