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Edinbourgeois
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English
Etymology
From en fr Edimbourgeois.
Pronunciation
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Edinbourgeois.wav US
Noun
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A resident of Edinburgh.
en 2011 So Much Blood Simon Brett - 1448300010 Brian Cassells' theory about morbid publicity being good publicity had proved incorrect and the average Edinbourgeois was too affronted by the title alone to consider seeing the show.
en 2012 The Doctor Dissected: A Cultural Autopsy of the Burke and Hare Murders Caroline McCracken-Flesher 0190208597 Christopher Wallace, originally German but now an Edinbourgeois, in his The Resurrection Club (1999) queries the dissection and consumption of ourselves through markets of memory like Edinburgh Festivals.
en 2014 Scotland: A Short History: new edition Christopher Harvie 148 0191024244 In 1822 the Edinbourgeois started to build the Parthenon on top of the Calton Hill, to commemorate the war.
en British demonyms Edinburgh