Kingstonians

Noun

Kingstonian (plural Kingstonians)

1. A native or resident of Kingston, Jamaica.
   • In 1860 Kingston had not a 'street that can exhibit a square yard of pavement'. Stable manure was used to repair road surfaces and any Kingstonian abroad at night risked life and limb.1961, Gisela Eisner, Jamaica, 1830–1930: A Study in Economic Growth, page 177
2. A native or resident of Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
   • These views, coming from one of the most influential men in the province, a Kingstonian who was soon to become one of the founders of the penitentiary, are significant.1998, Peter Oliver, 'Terror to Evil-Doers': Prisons and Punishments in Nineteenth-Century Ontario, →ISBN, pages 92–93
3. A native or resident of Kingston upon Thames, England.
   • The character of the inhabitants during this long period seems, on their own shewing, to have been far from reputable; every vice and every species of immorality appears to have been practised more or less openly, and it was not till the present century that any great or marked improvement took...1852, W. G. Biden, editor, The History and Antiquities of the Ancient and Royal Town of Kingston-upon-Thames, page 32

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