Bostonian

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From Boston +‎ -ian.

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Bostonian (plural Bostonians)

  1. A person who was born in or who lives in Boston, Massachusetts.
    Synonyms: Bostoner, Bostonite, Hubbite (informal); bean-eater (dated, informal)
    Hyponym: Boston Brahmin
    Bostonians eagerly await the arrival of spring after a long, cold, snowy winter.
    • 2005, Zadie Smith, On Beauty, Penguin Books (2006), page 61:
      Single-sex clusters of Bostonians made their boisterous way through the streets, hoping to collide with their opposite numbers.

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Bostonian

  1. Related to, characteristic of, or residing in Boston.
    Bostonian fashions are reserved, even dull, when compared to California style.

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