Aberdonianadj.n.
/ˌabəˈdəʊnɪən/, U.S. /ˌæbərˈdoʊniən/ A. adj.
Of, belonging to, or characteristic of a person from Aberdeen, a city in north-east Scotland. In later use sometimes depreciative, with reference to the supposed parsimoniousness of people from Aberdeen.
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Aberdonian1615
Dundonian1867
Glaswegian1884
Weegie1993
1615 W. Barclay Callirhoe sig. A4v Hauing premitted my protestation to that Aberdonian Nymphe, I will beginne to reueile the secretes of her birth.
1693 J. Slezer Theatrum Scotiæ 30 The spring..is called the Aberdonian Spaw, because both in Taste and Quality it comes very near to the Spaw Water in the Bishoprick of Liege.
1783 W. Thomson Man in Moon I. vi. 175 The true and ultimate source of the Aberdonian book about common sense.
1796 G. Skene Donald Bane iii. 107 Nay, all that space extended to the verge Of Aberdonian fields henceforth be thine, And thy inheritance.
1830 New Monthly Mag. 29 51 Some of the Aberdonian wags..got a piece of old parchment, which they greased and smoked, to make it look still older.
1895 Citizen Aug. 156/1 The often poor but hard working Aberdonian student.
1931 P. G. Wodehouse Big Money iii. 53 Her idea of expense-money is little short of Aberdonian.
1982 Financial Times 11 Jan. 18/5 He goes on to tell me of the Aberdonian horse which refused to move despite severe personal harassment because of the 6d piece..beneath its hoof.
2007 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) 1 Apr. (Mag.) 18/1 Rowies. The north-east's answer to the croissant. Created by an Aberdonian baker for a fisherman who wanted a roll that would stay pliable at sea.
B. n.
A native or inhabitant of Aberdeen.
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Aberdonianc1650
Glaswegian1817
Dundonian1861
Weegie1993
c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1850) I. 181 To convoy our Abredonianis in thair Kirkcaldie bark.
a1676 H. Guthry Mem. (1702) 45 There came a report from the North, that the Aberdonians were Fortifying their Town.
1693 J. Sage Acct. Late Establishm. Presbyterian-govt. (new ed.) 94 They might..leave the Aberdonians for a while in Possession of the Northern University.
1757 A. Stevenson Hist. Church & State Scotl. III. iii. vi. 980 The Aberdonians were filled with indignation, and openly threatned to recall their deposed doctors.
1773 J. Boswell Jrnl. 23 Aug. in Jrnl. Tour Hebrides (1785) 99 The Aberdonians had not started a single mawkin (the Scottish word for hare) for us to pursue.
1791 ‘T. Newte’ Prospects & Observ. Tour 191 A striking difference between the Moravians and Aberdonians.
1832 Aberdeen Mag. Feb. 77/2 It is well known, that an Aberdonian can bear more good liquor in his head than any other man in the world.
1861 Two Cosmos iii. iii The pettifogging Aberdonian had been at first disappointed.
1896 Q. Rev. Oct. 374 The origin of the privilege of ‘taking back his word again’, enjoyed by an Aberdonian, is shrouded in mystery.
1906 Westm. Gaz. 24 Apr. 10/1 A miller on the Don, an Aberdonian.
1976 C. Bonington Everest Hard Way vii. 80 He..disappeared from view, crossing the tremulous snow bridge with the celerity of an Aberdonian avoiding a charity collector.
2001 Aberdeen Evening Express (Nexis) 4 Sept. 14 Once Aberdonians take you to their hearts you become one of them.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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