Sloane Ranger

[ slohn ]

noun

1. a member of a trendy and acquisitive set of largely upper-middle-class young people of London, England.

Sloane Ranger

/ sləʊn /

noun

1. informal.
   a young upper-class or upper-middle-class person, esp a woman, having a home in London and in the country, characterized typically as wearing expensive informal country clothes Also calledSloane

Word History and Origins

Origin of Sloane Ranger¹

1970–75; blend of Sloane Square, London, and Lone Ranger hero of radio and television Westerns

Word History and Origins

Origin of Sloane Ranger¹

C20: coined by Peter York, punning on Sloane Square, London SW1, and Lone Ranger, television cowboy character

Example Sentences

Instead, many say Diana was simply sporting the "Sloane Ranger" style she helped popularise.

From BBC

Diana brought that style sense with her when she moved to London after leaving school and soon became the archetype of the Sloane Ranger, the media name for the wealthy young people who lived near London’s Sloane Square and cultivated the look of bohemian aristocrats.

From Seattle Times

She was, as former BBC royal reporter Michael Cole put it, “this Sloane Ranger with her sort of pie crust collars and Fair Isle sweaters and rather voluminous skirts. She was a product of the English countryside.”

From Seattle Times

Costume may help us time travel, but by lacing up a corset, tying on a ruff, or even donning a Sloane ranger Barbour jacket, a modern-day human being cosplays as royal, rendering that person a caricature.

From Salon

September 1980: Early in her romance with Prince Charles, Lady Diana Spencer sports the unremarkable style of the stereotypical Sloane Ranger.

From Los Angeles Times