SLOANE RANGER


Meaning of SLOANE RANGER in English

Sloane Rang ‧ er /ˌsləʊn ˈreɪndʒəʳ/ BrE AmE ( also Sloane ) noun [countable]

a ↑ stereotype of a young English person, especially a young woman, who comes from a rich ↑ upper-class family and has ↑ conservative political values. Sloane Rangers wear very expensive clothes, and spend most of their time shopping in fashionable parts of London such as Chelsea and Sloane Square. The expression was very popular during the 1980s, but is now becoming old-fashioned.

—Sloaney adjective

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.