Bostonian

From Boston +‎ -ian.

• IPA^(key): /bɒsˈtəʊniən/

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.

Bostonian

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

   Bostonian fashions are reserved, even dull, when compared to California style.

• antiboson