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Edinbourgeois

Edinbourgeois noun: a resident of Edinburgh.

Noun

Edinbourgeois (plural Edinbourgeois)

  1. A resident of Edinburgh.
    • Brian Cassells' theory about morbid publicity being good publicity had proved incorrect and the average Edinbourgeois was too affronted by the title alone to consider seeing the show.2011, Simon Brett -, So Much Blood, →ISBN
    • Christopher Wallace, originally German but now an Edinbourgeois, in his The Resurrection Club (1999) queries the dissection and consumption of ourselves through markets of memory like Edinburgh Festivals.2012, Caroline McCracken-Flesher, The Doctor Dissected: A Cultural Autopsy of the Burke and Hare Murders, →ISBN

Forms of Edinbourgeois

pluralEdinbourgeois

Origin of Edinbourgeois

From French Edimbourgeois.

Questions about Edinbourgeois

What does Edinbourgeois mean?
Edinbourgeois means a resident of Edinburgh.
What part of speech is Edinbourgeois?
Edinbourgeois is a noun.
What is the plural of Edinbourgeois?
The plural of Edinbourgeois is Edinbourgeois.

Words near Edinbourgeois in the dictionary

  1. edimental
  2. edimentals
  3. edimmu
  4. Edin
  5. Edina
  6. Edinbourgeois
  7. Edinbronian
  8. Edinbronians
  9. Edinbugger
  10. Edinbuggers
  11. Edinburg

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