Glasgovian
Glasgovian noun: synonym of Glaswegian.
Noun
Glasgovian (plural Glasgovians)
- Synonym of Glaswegian.
- I visited last week the new dining-rooms for the working-classes at Glasgow; and I will, if you please, describe in a few words what I saw and ate there. I am anxious to do this, because I perceive that a praiseworthy attempt is about to be made in London to follow the example which has been set in...1863 April 12, a letter writer, quotee, “Working-Class Dining-Rooms”, in [William] Blanchard Jerrold, editor, Lloyd’s Weekly Newspaper, number 1,064, London: […] Edward Lloyd, […] and Lloyd’s Paper...
- Princes Street Gardens will be turned over to neips and the visiting Glasgovian will yield pride of place, as a cause of alarm and dismay, to the Colorado beetle.1958 April 11, The Gangrel [pseudonym], “Bats in the Belfry”, in Daily Record, number 19,483, Glasgow: Scottish Daily Record and Sunday Mail, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2, column 1
- Synonyms:
- Glaswegian
Adjective
Glasgovian (comparative more Glasgovian, superlative most Glasgovian)
- Synonym of Glaswegian.
- He [H. A. Long] is careful to inform the readers of the G[lasgow] E[vening] News that pineapples do not grow on trees, but in trenches, “much the same as cauliflowers, broccoli, &c., in our own land;” that “gigs and the like are here termed by the word buggy;” that “this land cannot be developed to...1887 January 27, “Our Queensland Letter”, in The Sydney Morning Herald, number 15,238, Sydney, N.S.W.: John Fairfax and Sons, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3, column 6
- Nor did he shy away from such a crassly realitsic play as John Osbourne’s “The Party,” which I saw a decade or so ago at the Old Vic. For that one, this master of accents honed the speech^([sic]) of the Glasgovian Scots speech.1984 January 21, Robert H. Newall, “Bookmarks: [Laurence] Olivier lets his readers down”, in Bangor Daily News, Bangor, Me., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 19, column 6
- Synonyms:
- Glaswegian
Examples of Glasgovian in a sentence
- Just sayin' Glasgovians - I was into weather live-tweets before it was cool2021 August 6, @joel_ca_c, Twitter (post):
- I can't imagine a play with Peter Wimsey talking in working class Cockney, Liverpudlian, or Glasgovian English.2009 October 7, PaulJK, “British actors in American infomercials”, in sci.lang (Usenet), archived from the original on 21 Jun 2026:
Synonyms of Glasgovian
Forms of Glasgovian
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | Glasgovians |
| alternative form | Glasgowian |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more Glasgovian |
| superlative | most Glasgovian |
Origin of Glasgovian
From Glasgow + -ian or Latin Glasgovia + -an.
Questions about Glasgovian
- What does Glasgovian mean?
- Glasgovian means synonym of Glaswegian.
- How do you use Glasgovian in a sentence?
- Just sayin' Glasgovians - I was into weather live-tweets before it was cool
- What part of speech is Glasgovian?
- Glasgovian can be a noun or an adjective.
- What is the plural of Glasgovian?
- The plural of Glasgovian is Glasgovians.
Words near Glasgovian in the dictionary
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