Meaning

2 senses

  1. One who belongs; a member.

  2. (UK)One who has close ties to a specific overseas territory, normally by ancestry, and is therefore granted certain rights.

Origin

From belong + -er.

From belong + -er.

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Forms

plural: belongers
Singularbelonger
Pluralbelongers

regular

Word family

1 related words
Derivedbelongership

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
bellyachebelongA2belongingbelovedB1belowA1

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