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