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POMMY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A disparaging term for a British person
Synonyms:
pom; pommy
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("pommy" is a kind of...):
English person (a native or inhabitant of England)
Domain region:
Australia; Commonwealth of Australia (a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony)
New Zealand (an independent country within the British Commonwealth; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1907; known for sheep and spectacular scenery)