Accringtonian

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UK/ækɹɪŋˈtəʊnɪ.ən/

noun

A native or resident of Accrington, England.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

nounAccringtonian (plural Accringtonians)

plural Accringtonians

  1. A native or resident of Accrington, England.

    His fellow Accringtonian, David Lloyd, had moved on to Old Trafford by then, but knew Ratcliffe well [...]

    2024, Lawrence Booth, editor, The Shorter Wisden 2024, →ISBN
    2 more examples

    I have searched among the names of Accringtonians of the 17th century but failed to discover that family, or, in fact, any of the other families who at that period would be occupants of Courthouses.

    1928, Richard Ainsworth, The Old Homesteads of Accrington and District, page 144

    One old Accringtonian, now in America, who was born at Dunnishop, remembers, as a boy, some festivities that took place here.

    2013, Richard Shaw Crossley, Accrington Through The 19th Century, →ISBN, page 165

Origin

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APA

Accringtonian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Accringtonian

MLA

“Accringtonian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Accringtonian. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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