Edinbronian

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Noun[edit]

Edinbronian (plural Edinbronians)

  1. A person from Edinburgh.
    • 1890, John Coleman, Players and Playwrights I Have Known:
      The impression she left upon the Edinbronians was so vivid that they didn't care for Celeste after her, and they wouldn't stand Webster at any price after Murray in " Muster Grinnidge."
    • 2015, Michael Morris, Scotland and the Caribbean, c.1740-1833: Atlantic Archipelagos, →ISBN:
      Alternatively there may be a sly joke here as the Highlander Ramsay is more 'northern' than the Edinbronian Hume.
    • 2015, Douglas Corleone, Gone Cold: A Simon Fisk Thriller, →ISBN, page 124:
      The wind wasn't so fierce but few Edinbronians had ventured out.

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Translations[edit]

person from Edinburgh — see Edinburger
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