Bramptonian

English

Etymology

From Brampton +‎ -ian.

Pronunciation

(Canada) IPA^(key): /bɹæm(p)ˈtoʊ.ni.ən/

Noun

Bramptonian (plural Bramptonians)

A native or inhabitant of Brampton, Ontario, Canada.
Synonym: Bramptonite
- 1919 November 7, “Important Happenings Among the Stores All Over”, in Dry Goods Review, volume 31, number 11, page 42:
  Mr. Needham has had about twenty years' experience in this field, in Ottawa, Smith's Falls, and elsewhere, and is himself a Bramptonian.
- 1999, Mireille Silcott, Rave America: New School Dancescapes, Toronto: ECW Press, →ISBN, page 79:
  When the Bramptonians descended, Toronto's house scene, centered on gay clubs and illegal soulful warehouse parties dubbed "booze cans," was covered top to toe in deep New York house.
- 2009, Kristin R. Good, Municipalities and Multiculturalism: The Politics of Immigration in Toronto and Vancouver, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, →ISBN, page 321:
  Bramptonians elect five city councillors and five regional councillors (who sit on Peel Regional Council) to represent them at the municipal level.
- 2015, Paul Barrett, Blackening Canada: Diaspora, Race, Multiculturalism, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, →ISBN, page 198:
  This is not to suggest, of course, that Bramptonians somehow, between their day jobs and lengthy commutes, have solved the multicultural riddle and are now basking in the flux of non-essential and radically democratic identities.
- 2022, Jesse Thistle, “Brampton”, in Scars and Stars: Poems, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, →ISBN, page 48:
  And, as any real Bramptonian knows: / Bramalea is a foreign country / its barbarous border—the 410 highway.

Adjective

Bramptonian (comparative more Bramptonian, superlative most Bramptonian)

Of, from, or pertaining to Brampton, Ontario.
- 2011 June 13, Parm Gill, “The Budget: Financial Statement of the Minister of Finance”, in House of Commons Debates: Official Report (Hansard) (House of Commons), volume 146, number 7, page 279:
  Eligible low income seniors living in Brampton—Springdale will receive an additional annual benefit of up to $600 for a single senior and $840 for couples. Low income Bramptonian seniors will be provided with assistance to ensure that they live a life of dignity not financial stress.