Merseysider

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A person who comes from or lives in Merseyside, the metropolitan county in north-west England centred on Liverpool
2. Someone born or residing in Merseyside, the English county around the city of Liverpool on the Mersey estuary
3. A native or resident of Merseyside, the north-western English area that includes Liverpool and its surrounding towns

Etymology: A "Merseysider" is simply a person from Merseyside, the metropolitan county in north-west England built around the River Mersey and the city of Liverpool. The word is a straightforward formation: "Merseyside" plus the English suffix "-er," which attaches to place names to denote a native or inhabitant, much as "Londoner" or "Yorkshireman" do. The county itself took its name in 1974, when it was created under local government reorganisation, so the word is a young one by English standards. Its base, "Merseyside," joins "Mersey," the river, to the Old English "sīde," meaning side or region, a pattern common in English place names. The river's own name is of uncertain origin, and the source does not settle it, so there is nothing more to say about that here.