Sloane

Sloane |sləʊn |(also Sloane Ranger ) ▶noun Brit. informal a fashionable upper-class young woman, especially one living in London. DERIVATIVES Sloaney adjective ( Sloanier, Sloaniest ) ORIGIN 1970s: from Sloane Square, London (+ Lone Ranger, the name of a fictitious cowboy hero ).

Sloane, Sir Hans

Sloane |sləʊn | (1660 –1753 ), Irish physician and naturalist. He endowed the Chelsea Physic Garden, and his books and specimens formed the basis of the British Museum Library and the Natural History Museum in London.

Sloane

Sloane |sləʊn |(also Sloane Ranger ) ▶noun Brit. informal a fashionable upper-class young woman, especially one living in London. DERIVATIVES Sloaney adjective ( Sloanier, Sloaniest ) ORIGIN 1970s: from Sloane Square, London (+ Lone Ranger, the name of a fictitious cowboy hero ).

Sloane, Sir Hans

Sloane |sləʊn | (1660 –1753 ), Irish physician and naturalist. He endowed the Chelsea Physic Garden, and his books and specimens formed the basis of the British Museum Library and the Natural History Museum in London.