bostonian

«bostonian» in Mova's school dictionary: A person who comes from or lives in Boston, a big city in… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a Bostonian, Bostonians); adjective (Bostonian)

meaning for a pupil

1) A person who comes from or lives in Boston, a big city in Massachusetts, USA. tree →

2) (adjective) Having to do with Boston or its people, such as the Boston accent. tree →

sense in the lessons

In US history lessons, Bostonians took part in the Boston Tea Party (1773) before the American Revolution. A Bostonian accent often drops the «r» sounds: «pahk the cah».

examples

• My pen pal is a Bostonian. tree →
• Bostonians love their baseball team, the Red Sox. tree →
• The Bostonian accent is easy to recognise. tree →
• Angry Bostonians threw tea into the harbour. tree →
• She is a proud Bostonian. tree →

note

Written with a capital B. Boston is also a small town in Lincolnshire, England, after which the US city was named.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «bostonian» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.