Edinbourgeois

English

Etymology

From French Edimbourgeois.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Edinbourgeois (plural Edinbourgeois)

1. A resident of Edinburgh.
   • 2011, Simon Brett -, So Much Blood, →ISBN:

     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.

   • 2012, Caroline McCracken-Flesher, The Doctor Dissected: A Cultural Autopsy of the Burke and Hare Murders, →ISBN:

     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.

   • 2014, Christopher Harvie, Scotland: A Short History: new edition, →ISBN, page 148:

     In 1822 the Edinbourgeois started to build the Parthenon on top of the Calton Hill, to commemorate the war.