Kingstonian

English Etymology From en Kingston -ian. Pronunciation en /kɪŋˈstəʊni.ən/ UK en əʊniən 4 Adjective Of or relating to Kingston, Jamaica. en 2017 Paul Clammer Anna Kaminski Lonely Planet Jamaica https://www.google.com/books/edition/Lonely_Planet_Jamaica/yrU7DwAAQBAJ Other good seaside options include Hellshire Beach – a quintessential Kingstonian seaside experience – and Bull Bay, with its small surfing community. 9781787012028 en 2022 Francesca Sobrande Layla-Roxanne Hill Black Oot Here: Black Lives in Scotland https://www.google.com/books/edition/Black_Oot_Here/ow97EAAAQBAJ 164 [...] I love Jamaica and I am Jamaican, and I will never be anything but unapologetically Jamaican to my core as my Kingstonian bredren would say [...] 9781913441357 en 2023 Kenneth Morgan A Concise History of Jamaica https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Concise_History_of_Jamaica/1cjlEAAAQBAJ 359 Thus by 1991 a quarter of Kingstonian households did not have sewerage facilities while only 60 per cent of homes had piped water. 9781108573924 Of or relating to Kingston, Ontario, Canada. en 1976 Gerald J. J. Tulchinsky To Preserve & Defend https://www.google.com/books/edition/To_Preserve_Defend/i-8bFpBX8WoC 202 But John Macaulay remained the most Kingstonian of conservatives: responsible, respectable, and unquestioning in his faith in material prosperity as a sure cure for political ailments. 9780773585126 en 1997 David S. Heidler and Jeanne T. Heidler Encyclopedia of the War of 1812 https://www.google.com/books/edition/Encyclopedia_of_the_War_of_1812/T8N2AAAAMAAJ 282 Yet merely because the Kingston Gazette drew a good deal of its articles from these sources did not mean that there was an alliance between a Kingstonian elite and New England and New York Federalists. 9780874369687 en 2012 Paul Henderson How Hockey Explains Canada: The Sport That Defines a Country https://www.google.com/books/edition/How_Hockey_Explains_Canada/VxwsDAAAQBAJ Of course Don Cherry, the other formidable Kingstonian cheerleader, remains a stubborn member of the Kingston hockey revisionists. 9781633190856 Noun A native or resident of Kingston, Jamaica. en 1961 Gisela Eisner Jamaica, 1830–1930: A Study in Economic Growth https://www.google.com/books/edition/Jamaica_1830_1930/7WW7AAAAIAAJ 177 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. en 2002 Kathleen E. A. Monteith and Glen Richards Jamaica in Slavery and Freedom https://www.google.com/books/edition/Jamaica_in_Slavery_and_Freedom/e3mdhCNLo9cC 166 With their themes and varied attractions, these parties became a much-anticipated event for Kingstonians on Christmas day after their dinner. 9789766401085 en 2005 Paris Permenter John Bigley Adventure Guide to Jamaica: History, Heritage and Culture https://www.google.com/books/edition/Adventure_Guide_to_Jamaica/bLy49by8MLcC 282 Want to feel like a Kingstonian? Then do as the locals do and head to this casual restaurant, grab a picnic table, and order up some jerk and a Red Stripe. 9781588435507 A native or resident of Kingston, Ontario, Canada. en 1998 Peter Oliver 'Terror to Evil-Doers': Prisons and Punishments in Nineteenth-Century Ontario https://www.google.com/books/edition/Terror_to_Evil_doers/63MwordWtpoC 92–93 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. 9780802081667 en 2011 William Closson James God's Plenty: Religious Diversity in Kingston https://www.google.com/books/edition/God_s_Plenty/RNl83i40ea8C 369 It used to be said that you had to have three generations of ancestors buried in the Cataraqui Cemetery before you could be reckoned as one of the "Old Stones", or even rightly call yourself a Kingstonian. 9780773538894 en 2018 Michael Barclay The Never-Ending Present: The Story of Gord Downie and the Tragically Hip https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Never_Ending_Present/DsRADwAAQBAJ The political leader of Canada, the son of a man who took great pains to differentiate the Canadian identity from the elephant to the south, gave a surprisingly typical response at once rooted in our national insecurity and summing up the collective evolution of many fans' thoughts, including that of the proud Kingstonian sitting beside me at the show. 9781773052069 A native or resident of Kingston upon Thames, England. en 1852 W. G. Biden The History and Antiquities of the Ancient and Royal Town of Kingston-upon-Thames https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_History_and_Antiquities_of_Kingston/fPsVAAAAYAAJ 32 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 place in the intelligence or prosperity of the Kingstonians. en 1876 Up The Thames Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science XVII 97 https://www.google.com/books/edition/Lippincott_s_Magazine_of_Popular_Literat/9ik7AQAAMAAJ 33 [...] we shall turn to the east and finish the purlieus of Hampton with a glance at the old Saxon town of Kingston-on-Thames. Probably an ardent Kingstonian would indignantly disown the impression our three words are apt to give of the place. en 1938 G. Herbert Shaw A Survey of the Royal Borough and Its Amenities https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Survey_of_the_Royal_Borough_and_Its_Am/6FVKHeHa2t8C 15 Kingstonians blessed or cursed with a nagging wife just complained to the Bailiffs who had her placed in the ducking stool and forcibly immersed in the river. en 2014 Julian McCarthy Secret Kingston Upon Thames https://www.google.com/books/edition/Secret_Kingston_Upon_Thames/TA7XAwAAQBAJ The churchyard is therefore still the final resting place of Kingstonians, as is the Memorial Garden, which was once the church 'overflow' burial ground. 9781445641096 en Demonyms British demonyms London