Meanings
nounbelonger (plural belongers)
plural belongers
One who belongs; a member.While both are poets of exile, Dante is more of a belonger and less of a loner.
1997, John K. Hale, Milton's Languages: The Impact of Multilingualism on Style, page 156
UKOne who has close ties to a specific overseas territory, normally by ancestry, and is therefore granted certain rights.All British subjects (i.e., any Commonwealth citizens) born in Hong Kong were belongers.
1999, Yash P. Ghai, Hong Kong's new constitutional order, page 158
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APAbelonger. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/belonger
MLA“belonger.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/belonger. Accessed November 4, 2026.
ChicagoWatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “belonger,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/belonger.
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