Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
adj
English; British.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, New-Zealand, South-Africa, derogatory, not-comparable
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Antonyms: none provided
adj
Alternative form of pommee (“having round shapes on the extremities”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
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adj
Semé of (strewn with) pommes (roundels vert).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: modern, not-comparable, rare
Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
Synonyms: none provided
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noun
A pom; a person of British descent, a Briton; an Englishman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, New-Zealand, South-Africa, derogatory, often
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noun
Synonym of Pomeranian (“a breed of small, fluffy, energetic toy dogs”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: Pomeranian
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noun
a disparaging term for a British person
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: pom
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: English person
History
From pom + -y (“diminutive suffix”). Australian from 1912.
From pomme + -y.
