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POM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A disparaging term for a British person

Synonyms:

pom; pommy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("pom" is a kind of...):

English person (a native or inhabitant of England)

Domain region:

Australia; Commonwealth of Australia (a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony)

New Zealand (an independent country within the British Commonwealth; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1907; known for sheep and spectacular scenery)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb pom

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