belonger

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belonger

/bɪˈlɒŋə/ UK
/bɪˈlɔŋɚ/ US
/bɪˈlɑŋɚ/ US, cot caught merger

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From belong + -er.

noun belongers

One who belongs; a member. While both are poets of exile, Dante is more of a belonger and less of a loner.
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.

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@misc{belonger_2026,
  title = {belonger},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/belonger},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}