Definition of Bostonian

1. Noun. A native or resident of Boston.

Generic synonyms: American

Definition of Bostonian

1. Noun. A person who was born in or who lives in Boston, Massachusetts. ¹

2. Adjective. Related to, characteristic of, or residing in Boston. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bostonian

Boston baked beans
Boston brahmin
Boston brown bread
Boston bull
Boston crab
Boston cream pie
Boston exanthema
Boston fern
Boston ivy
Boston lettuce
Boston opium
Boston rocker
Boston terrier
Bostonese
Bostoneses
Bostonian (current term)
Bostonians
Bostonite
Bostonites
Boswell
Boswellia
Boswellia carteri
Boswellia serrata
Boswellian
Boswellism
Boswellisms
Boswells
Bosworth Field
Botallo's duct
Botallo's foramen

Literary usage of Bostonian

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Book of Boston by Robert Shackleton (1916)
"CHAPTER VII A PICTURESQUE Bostonian |HB most prominent Bostonian of Revolutionary days, the Bos- ^on man wno l°omed the largest an(* s*^ looms most ..."

2. Index of the Literature of American Local History; in Collections Published ...by Appleton Prentiss Clark Griffin by Appleton Prentiss Clark Griffin (1896)
"Bostonian, 2 : 259 — Fort William on Castle island, from 1701 to 1776. Hist. mag. ... Bostonian, 2:491 NE mag. ns 13:1 The masonic lodges of. ..."

3. American Book Prices Current (1901)
"... and the propriety of encouraging and establishing a Virtuous Theatre By a Bostonian. Boston, Young and Etheridge, 1792. 8vo, cloth. ..."

4. Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts by Colonial Society of Massachusetts (1910)
"... Soldiers in King Philip's War, and the Bostonian Society gave a copy of Volume III of its Publications. ..."

5. Orations from Homer to William McKinley by Mayo Williamson Hazeltine (1902)
"... the style of which la less disfigured by pedantry and affectations than is much of his older work. SERMON: THE Bostonian ..."

6. The Mimic World and Public Exhibitions: Their History, Their Morals, and Effects by Olive Logan (1871)
"A Stage-Struck Bostonian. — A Pig with Five Legs.—A Stage-Struck Philadelphian.—He Appears under an Assumed Name at the Chestnut Street Theatre. ..."

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