Liverpolitan

English

Etymology

Influenced by similar terms Neapolitan, metropolitan. Possibly popularized as a more high-class alternative to Liverpudlian.

Adjective

Liverpolitan (not comparable)

(rare) Relating to Liverpool, England.
Synonym: Liverpudlian
- 2005, Helen B. McCartney, Citizen Soldiers, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 86:
  Indeed, the Liverpolitan accent had more in common with that spoken in surrounding parts of Lancashire in 1914 than it does today.

Noun

Liverpolitan (plural Liverpolitans)

(rare) Someone from Liverpool, England.
- 1907, Dixon Scott, Liverpool, A. and C. Black, page 112:
  The man, it will be seen, was himself a Liverpolitan, and I dare say he voiced very fairly the general Liverpolitan sentiment in these matters.

References

“Liverpolitan”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

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