Bostoniann.adj.
/bɒˈstəʊnɪən/, U.S. /bɔˈstoʊniən/, /bɑˈstoʊniən/ A. n.
A native or inhabitant of Boston.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [noun] > other towns or cities
Bostonian1682
Philadelphian1744
Bostonese1785
Nantucketer1788
Chicagoan1851
Angeleno1857
New Orleanian1862
bean-eater1867
Chicagoese1868
Los Angeleno1871
San Franciscan1875
Los Angelena1883
Angelena1905
Orleanian1935
1682 J. W. Let. from New-Eng. 7 These Bostonians enrich themselves by the ruine of Strangers.
1698 C. Mather Bostonian Ebenezer (title page) The Bostonians.
1773 J. Allen (title) An oration upon the beauties of liberty;..by a British Bostonian.
1847 W. I. Paulding Noble Exile in J. K. Paulding & W. I. Paulding Amer. Comedies 107 Nay..we Bostonians have the reputation of being Bostonians wherever we go.
1897 C. M. Flandrau Harvard Episodes 18 When I say ‘a Bostonian’..I mean of course a Bostonian that one knows.
1965 Listener 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.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [adjective] > towns or cities
Bostonian1698
Chicagoese1855
New Orleanian1855
Chicagoan1861
Cantabrigian1887
Angeleno1909
Los Angeleno1960
1698 C. Mather (title) The Bostonian Ebenezer.
1794 D. Humphreys Poem on Industry 15 Where Bostonian maids, with songs, prepare The canvass wings.
1920 Chambers's Jrnl. 15 May 374/1 His carefully nuanced Bostonian accent.
Derivatives
Bostonianism n. features or traits characteristic of Boston.
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c1845 J. K. Paulding & W. I. Paulding Noble Exile 107 We do mingle a little Bostonianism in every style we assume.
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