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kimberlin

kimberlin noun: in Portland, Dorset, England, an outsider; somebody living on the island that wasn't born on the island.

Noun

kimberlin (plural kimberlins)

  1. (UK, historical) In Portland, Dorset, England, an outsider; somebody living on the island that wasn't born on the island.

Proper noun capitalized: Kimberlin

Kimberlin (plural Kimberlins)

  1. A surname.

Forms of kimberlin

Noun
pluralkimberlins
Proper noun
pluralKimberlins

Origin of kimberlin

Comes from the days when sailors would stay on the isle of Portland, Dorset, England and visit the Kimberlin Club.

Questions about kimberlin

What does kimberlin mean?
Kimberlin means in Portland, Dorset, England, an outsider; somebody living on the island that wasn't born on the island.
What part of speech is kimberlin?
Kimberlin can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of kimberlin?
The plural of kimberlin is kimberlins.

Words near kimberlin in the dictionary

  1. Kimberleigh
  2. Kimberley
  3. Kimberley death adder
  4. Kimberley death adders
  5. Kimberley horse disease
  6. kimberlin
  7. Kimberling
  8. Kimberlings
  9. kimberlins
  10. kimberlite
  11. kimberlite pipe

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kimberlin (page history and authors); Kimberlin (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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