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Definition of Belongers
1. belonger [n] - See also: belonger
Lexicographical Neighbors of Belongers
Literary usage of Belongers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. One America Indivisible: A National Conversation on American Pluralism and by Sheldon Hackney (1999)
"... and Tolerance Martin E. Marty University of Chicago Americans are belongers.
Most foreign observers point this out. They call ours a "voluntary society. ..."
2. Adventure Guide to Anguilla Antigua St. Barts St. Kitts St. Martin Including by Paris Permenter, John Bigley (2000)
"... breaking, walking, standing or anchoring on coral; jet skiing; spearfishing (only
belongers, a group that has EARTH been pre-approved by the government, ..."
3. The Rich Single Life: Abundance, Opportunity & Purpose in God by By Andrew Farmer (1998)
"When it comes to the church, Christians are not, and can never be, "believers
but not belongers." The Church Universal, the Bride of Christ, ..."
4. The Visioning: A Novel by Susan Glaspell (1911)
"Now we have good fellows, and thoroughbreds, and belongers. Not many of this
girl's type." Katie wanted to chuckle. But suddenly the unborn chuckle ..."
5. Folkways: A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs by William Graham Sumner (1906)
"... ie "belongers,'' as they called them.3 The Arabs hold the negroes of Borku in
subjection and rob them of the date harvest.4 In other parts of the same ..."
6. US and British Virgin Islands by Don Philpott (2002)
"West End has become a popular spot for 'belongers' to build their retirement
homes after returning from working abroad, mostly on the US Virgin Islands, ..."
7. Rev. Samuel Aaron: His Life, Sermons, Correspondence, Etc. by L. C. Aaron (1890)
"The belongers are generally above eighteen years of age. You will not think me
more than usually vain if I tell you that I was president. ..."
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