"cockney" meaning in English

See cockney in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: See Cockney. Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} cockney (not comparable)
  1. Alternative form of Cockney Tags: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Alternative form of: Cockney Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-cockney-en-adj-i~HdTi6x Disambiguation of People: 35 35 21 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Cockney

Proper name

Etymology: See Cockney. Head templates: {{en-prop}} cockney
  1. Alternative form of Cockney Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: Cockney Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-cockney-en-name-i~HdTi6x Disambiguation of People: 35 35 21 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Cockney

Noun

Forms: cockneys [plural]
Etymology: See Cockney. Head templates: {{en-noun}} cockney (plural cockneys)
  1. A native or inhabitant of parts of the East End of London. Categories (topical): People Translations (a native or inhabitant of parts of the East End of London): cockney [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-cockney-en-noun-9-j~9wKk Disambiguation of People: 35 35 21 9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 23 47 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 10 10 72 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 24 24 34 19 Disambiguation of 'a native or inhabitant of parts of the East End of London': 99 1
  2. (obsolete) An effeminate person; a spoilt child. Tags: obsolete Synonyms (effeminate man): nancy
    Sense id: en-cockney-en-noun-WzyCWL0x Disambiguation of 'effeminate man': 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pansy, sissy, effeminate man, Cockney Derived forms: cockneycality, cockneyess, cockneyfication, cockneyfy, cockneyize, Irish cockney, Jockney

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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