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# dubliner

noun (a Dubliner, Dubliners)

«dubliner» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A person who is from Dublin, the capital city of Ireland, or who lives there. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dubliner/#m1)
2. «Dubliners» is also the name of a famous book of stories by James Joyce (1914) and of an Irish folk band, The Dubliners. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dubliner/#m2)

### In the lessons

In geography and everyday Irish life, a Dubliner is someone from Dublin; in literature, the book «Dubliners»; phrases: «a true Dubliner», «born a Dubliner».

### Examples

- My granny is a proud Dubliner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dubliner/#x1)
- Dubliners are famous for their sense of humour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dubliner/#x2)
- As a Dubliner, he knew every street in the city centre. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dubliner/#x3)
- The Dubliners sang old Irish folk songs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dubliner/#x4)
- Lots of Dubliners walk along the River Liffey. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dubliner/#x5)
- James Joyce wrote a book called «Dubliners». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dubliner/#x6)

### Note

Capital D in normal writing: Dubliner (a proper noun). Ending -er means a person from a place, like Londoner or New Yorker. Dublin is in Ireland, not in the UK.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «dubliner» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dubliner/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«dubliner» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dubliner.html) on Mova free.