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Glaswegian

American  
[gla-swee-juhn, -jee-uhn] / glæˈswi dʒən, -dʒi ən /

adjective

  1. of or characteristic of Glasgow or its inhabitants.


noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Glasgow.

Glaswegian British  
/ ɡlæzˈwiːdʒən /

adjective

  1. of or relating to Glasgow or its inhabitants

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Glasgow

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Glaswegian

1810–20; Glas(gow) + -wegian (extracted from Galwegian )

Example Sentences

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The Glaswegian has for several years had a sign language interpreter onstage at his shows.

From BBC Apr. 9, 2026

They're typically Glaswegian: Victorian architecture, now well over a century old.

From BBC Dec. 10, 2025

The Glaswegian was a director of Royal Bank of Scotland in the wake of a government bailout, and of BP as the oil major sought to recover from its Deepwater Horizon disaster.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 4, 2025

To the uninitiated, signs of stars aligning are there in the crisp Glaswegian sky.

From BBC Nov. 18, 2025

Every ounce of strength in me was invested in listening for the code word mixed in among their talk, which might as well have been Glaswegian for all I could make out!

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

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