"Pom" meaning in English

See Pom in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Pom
  1. An Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia. Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Pom terms
    Sense id: en-Pom-en-name-ByDtpFPx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Languages Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 39 24 Disambiguation of Languages: 62 29 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

Forms: Poms [plural]
Etymology: A clipping of Pomeranian, q.v. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Pom (plural Poms)
  1. (informal) Synonym of Pomeranian, a dog breed or a dog of this breed. Tags: informal Synonyms: Pomeranian [synonym, synonym-of] Derived forms: pomitude
    Sense id: en-Pom-en-noun-hZfYaq62 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English informal demonyms, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Australian nicknames for people, Dogs Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 39 24 Disambiguation of English informal demonyms: 29 43 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 52 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 54 28 Disambiguation of Australian nicknames for people: 28 52 20 Disambiguation of Dogs: 10 87 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: Poms [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Pom (plural Poms)
  1. (Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, mildly derogatory slang) Alternative letter-case form of pom, an Englishman or Briton. Tags: Australia, New-Zealand, South-Africa, alt-of, derogatory, mildly, slang Alternative form of: pom (extra: an Englishman or Briton)
    Sense id: en-Pom-en-noun-8Gih3WiY Categories (other): Australian English, New Zealand English, South African English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 39 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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