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Sloane Ranger
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English
Etymology
en Sloane Square Lone Ranger. Popularized by Ann Barr and Peter York in The Official Sloane Ranger Handbook (1982).
Noun
Sloane Ranger
en British informal A fashionable young woman of the London upper classes.
en 2012 Time Out Shortlist London 2012: Official travel guide to the London 2012 Olympic Games & Paralympic Games Random House 9781407012155 Come summer, the brasserie terraces teem with stereotypical blonde Sloane Rangers sipping rosé; an artier crop of whatever's stylishly edgy will have taken up residence outside the Royal Court Theatre.
Synonyms
en Sloane
en Sloanie
Translations
fashionable young woman
Bulgarian: bg фръцла f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 倫敦名媛 Lúndūn míngyuàn
Portuguese: pt patricinha f
See also
en Hooray Henry
en Essex girl
Further reading
1782
en People Stock characters
en terms derived from toponyms