Bostonian

American  

[baw-stoh-nee-uhn, bo-stoh-] / bɔˈstoʊ ni ən, bɒˈstoʊ- /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or typical of Boston, Mass., or its residents.

   a Bostonian childhood; Bostonian reserve.

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noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Boston, Mass.

Etymology

Origin of Bostonian

First recorded in 1675–85; Boston + -ian

Example Sentences

She calls him Brooklyn, he calls her Beantown — although Wahlberg, born in Dorchester, is the most Bostonian of all these cops; it doesn’t take an expert to place that accent.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2025

“For me, the novelty had worn out. I got to the point where I didn’t really want them to win,” said Evans, a native Bostonian and lifelong local sports fan.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 15, 2024

Move to Boston or New York, and those cities will teach you how to be a Bostonian or a New Yorker.

From New York Times • Jun. 7, 2023

Rodríguez Jimenez, a Cuban-born New Yorker, constructs fabric-heavy assemblages; Austen, a German-born Bostonian, makes paintings that aren’t as abstract as they initially appear.

From Washington Post • Oct. 20, 2021

Three years before The War of the Worlds was published, a Bostonian named Percival Lowell founded a major observatory where the most elaborate claims in support of life on Mars were developed.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan