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Aberdonian|æbəˈdəʊnɪən|
[f. med.L. Aberdonia: see -ian.]
A native or inhabitant of Aberdeen in Scotland.
a1670Spalding Troub. Chas. I (1850) I. 181 To convoy our Abredonianis in thair Kirkcaldie bark. 1773Boswell Jrnl. Tour Hebr. 23 Aug. (1785) 99 That the Aberdonians had not started a single mawkin (the Scottish word for hare) for us to pursue. 1791T. Newte Tour Eng. & Scot. 191 A striking difference between the Moravians and Aberdonians. 1861Two Cosmos iii. iii, The pettifogging Aberdonian had been at first disappointed. 1906Westm. Gaz. 24 Apr. 10/1 A miller on the Don, an Aberdonian. |