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Edinburghian

Edinburghian noun: a person from Edinburgh.

Noun

Edinburghian (plural Edinburghians)

  1. A person from Edinburgh.
    • Based on people he had observed in Hampstead, the song borrows from Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island when the narrator calls himself “Long John Silver” […]. But apparently Anderson's fellow Edinburghian had no influence on “Mother Goose.”2002, Scott Allen Nollen, Jethro Tull: A History of the Band, 1968–2001, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 68

Synonyms of Edinburghian

Forms of Edinburghian

pluralEdinburghians

Origin of Edinburghian

From Edinburgh + -ian.

Questions about Edinburghian

What does Edinburghian mean?
Edinburghian means a person from Edinburgh.
What part of speech is Edinburghian?
Edinburghian is a noun.
What is the plural of Edinburghian?
The plural of Edinburghian is Edinburghians.

Words near Edinburghian in the dictionary

  1. Edinburgers
  2. Edinburgh
  3. Edinburgh of the Seven Seas
  4. Edinburgher
  5. Edinburghers
  6. Edinburghian
  7. Edinburghians
  8. Edinburghshire
  9. Edineț
  10. Edingale
  11. Edinger

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