Meaning & use

Scousers

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An informal British term for people from Liverpool, England.

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The Scousers in the crowd sang along to every verse of the anthem.

Her accent immediately marked her as one of the Scousers who'd grown up near the docks.

A note on using this word

Derived from 'scouse,' a cheap stew once common among sailors and the working class of Liverpool, and later the name of the local dialect.

Words with a similar meaning

Liverpudlians

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