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Belonger vs Belongership - What's the difference?

belonger | belongership |

In uk terms the difference between belonger and belongership

is that belonger is one who has close ties to a specific overseas territory, normally by ancestry, and is therefore granted certain rights while belongership is the status of belonger.

As nouns the difference between belonger and belongership

is that belonger is one who belongs; a member while belongership is the status of belonger.

belonger

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who belongs; a member.
  • * 1997 , John K. Hale, Milton's Languages: The Impact of Multilingualism on Style (page 156)
    • While both are poets of exile, Dante is more of a belonger and less of a loner.
  • (UK) One who has close ties to a specific overseas territory, normally by ancestry, and is therefore granted certain rights.
  • * 1999 , Yash P. Ghai, Hong Kong's new constitutional order (page 158)
    • All British subjects (i.e., any Commonwealth citizens) born in Hong Kong were belongers .

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    belongership

    English

    Noun

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  • (UK) The status of belonger.
  • * 1986 , Daniel Carney, Macau
    • He's got his Hong Kong belongership now. All his papers are in order. As long as he keeps out of trouble I can't touch him.