Nova Scotianadj.n.
/ˌnəʊvə ˈskəʊʃ(ə)n/, U.S. /ˌnoʊvə ˈskoʊʃ(ə)n/ A. adj.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of Nova Scotia or its inhabitants.
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Nova Scotian1790
down east1825
Labradorian1830
Hudsonian1835
British Columbian1858
Newfoundlandic1871
Scotian1884
Ontarian1893
1790 M. O. Warren Polit. Reverie in Poems 194 From Florida to Nova Scotian shores She pours her treasures and unlades her stores.
1821 T. McCulloch Stepsure Lett. (1960) 42 The poor gentleman, not being able to endure the rigour of the Nova Scotian winter, had gone to the southward.
1851 J. F. W. Johnston Notes N. Amer. 8 There are four circumstances which seem to concur in promising a great extension to this maritime portion of Nova Scotian industry.
1866 B. Murdoch Hist. Nova Scotia II. p. iii By almost imperceptible degrees the people acquire habits, sentiments and pursuits suited to the land in which they live..and thus the Nova Scotian character is gradually developed.
1869 Bradshaw's Railway Man. 21 390 The Nova Scotian Government secured the passage of an Act to authorize the extension of the trunk line.
1902 W. James Varieties Relig. Experience viii. 173 The autobiography of Henry Alline, the Nova Scotian evangelist.
1969 in H. Halpert & G. M. Story Christmas Mumming in Newfoundland 24 South coast Newfoundlanders..manned a substantial part of the Nova Scotian..deep-sea fishing fleets.
1987 Nature 30 Apr. 828/1 It would be unfair to criticize Longfellow for describing..the present-day Nova Scotian forests as primaeval.
B. n.
A native or inhabitant of Nova Scotia.
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Newfoundlander1611
mountainer1625
Acadian1705
Quebecker1775
bluenose1785
Labradorian1818
Nova Scotian1829
British Columbian1859
Québécois1862
Bluenoser1863
Torontonian1875
Montrealer1877
Winnipegger1882
Ontarian1883
novy1897
Yukonerc1898
herring choker1899
Maritimer1931
Newfie1942
Newfier1942
Spud Islander1957
Newf1958
1829 G. Head Forest Scenes N. Amer. 9 In November, a succession of bright sunshiny days generally prevails, and that month is to the Nova Scotian the best in all the year.
1836 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker (1837) vii. 45 ‘We go ahead,’ the Novascotians go ‘astarn’.
1867 B. Murdoch Hist. Nova Scotia III. xxxix. 536 Captain Stewart..assured them he was a Nova Scotian in temperament.
1913 B. Wilson Nova Scotia (ed. 2) iii. 29 Cherishing of the memory of their worthy forerunners is perhaps the most marked characteristic of Nova Scotians today.
1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 13 Feb. 3/2 A Nova Scotian, he is the only declared candidate from the Atlantic provinces.
1989 R. MacNeil Wordstruck ii. 36 I grew up as a bluenose, as Nova Scotians are known.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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