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Bostonian, n. and a.|bɒˈstəʊnɪən|
[f. as prec.]
A. n. A native or inhabitant of Boston.
1682J. W. Let. from N.-Eng. 7 These Bostonians enrich themselves by the ruine of Strangers. 1698C. Mather Bostonian Ebenezer Title-p., The Bostonians. 1774H. Walpole Let. 2 Feb. (1904) VIII. 418 The Bostonians have canted three hundred chests of tea into the ocean. 1847W. I. Paulding Noble Exile in Amer. Comedies 107 Nay..we Bostonians have the reputation of being Bostonians wherever we go. 1897C. M. Flandrau Harvard Episodes 18 When I say ‘a Bostonian’..I mean of course a Bostonian that one knows. 1965Listener 3 June 835/3 To be a poet in the age of Eliot, to grow up in the shadow of a frosty Bostonian.
B. adj. Belonging or native to Boston.
1698C. Mather (title) The Bostonian Ebenezer. 1794Humphreys Industry 15 Where Bostonian maids, with songs, prepare The canvass wings. 1920Chambers's Jrnl. 15 May 374/1 His carefully nuanced Bostonian accent. |