POM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pom mean? 

• POM (noun)
  The noun POM has 1 sense:

1. a disparaging term for a British person

  Familiarity information: POM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A disparaging term for a British person

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

pom; pommy

Hypernyms ("pom" is a kind of...):

English person (a native or inhabitant of England)

Domain region:

Australia; Commonwealth of Australia (a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony)

New Zealand (an independent country within the British Commonwealth; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1907; known for sheep and spectacular scenery)