Meanings
plural Sloane Rangers
- UKinformalA fashionable young woman of the London upper classes.
Come summer, the brasserie terraces teem with stereotypical blonde Sloane Rangers sipping rosé; an artier crop of whatever's stylishly edgy will have taken up residence outside the Royal Court Theatre.
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Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Blend of Sloane Square + Lone Ranger. Popularized by Ann Barr and Peter York in The Official Sloane Ranger Handbook (1982).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian фръцла
- фръцла (frăcla)fashionable young woman
Chinese Mandarin 倫敦名媛 /伦敦名媛
- 倫敦名媛 /伦敦名媛 (Lúndūn míngyuàn)fashionable young woman
Portuguese patricinha
- patricinhafashionable young woman
Cite this entry
Sloane Ranger. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sloane%20Ranger
“Sloane Ranger.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sloane%20Ranger. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sloane Ranger,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sloane%20Ranger.
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