New Yorkian

Definitions

A native or inhabitant of New York.

Equivalents

Examples

“Mr Hollis tells me that Bute has established a Jesuit in a school at Kensington and has sent two of his younger children to be educated by him, and had made Barron … send⟳ two of his. He thinks with me that the late Act of Parliament respecting New York most tyrannical and hopes the honest New Yorkians will not submit⟳ to it, but will draw⟳ their swords in defence of their Liberty.”

“What pity it is that the New Yorkian of that honourable body should make⟳ them so blind to real interest⟳ as not to prefer⟳ the first city on the finest river in the most respectable state in America, to a parcel of buildings, confusedly situated on a pitiful island which has neither ice in winter to protect⟳ it, nor force⟳ in summer sufficient to prevent⟳ Congress and all their papers being carried off by pirates.”

“A minister of the Lutheran Church in America, Dr. Van Deusen, a native New Yorkian, has served with the Lutheran Council since 1944.”

“In fact, the Californian or Ohioan or New Yorkian who lands a No. 4 plate on her all-terrain minivan is much more likely to survive⟳ the transition with her insanely sped up driving habits than the one who actually has to brake for a cow every now and then in Ravalli County.”

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