Sloane Ranger
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Blend of Sloane Square + Lone Ranger. Popularized by Ann Barr and Peter York in The Official Sloane Ranger Handbook (1982).
Noun
[edit]Sloane Ranger (plural Sloane Rangers)
- (British, informal) A fashionable young woman of the London upper classes.
- 2012, Time Out Shortlist London 2012 […] , Random House, →ISBN:
- 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
[edit]Translations
[edit]fashionable young woman
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Sloane Ranger on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Eric Partridge (2005) “Sloane Ranger”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, volume 2 (J–Z), London, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 1782.