Kingstonian

English

Etymology

From Kingston +‎ -ian.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kɪŋˈstəʊni.ən/
• Rhymes: -əʊniən

Adjective

Kingstonian (comparative more Kingstonian, superlative most Kingstonian)

1. Of or relating to Kingston, Jamaica.
   • 2017, Paul Clammer, Anna Kaminski, Lonely Planet Jamaica‎^[1], →ISBN:

     Other good seaside options include Hellshire Beach – a quintessential Kingstonian seaside experience – and Bull Bay, with its small surfing community.

   • 2022, Francesca Sobrande, Layla-Roxanne Hill, Black Oot Here: Black Lives in Scotland‎^[2], →ISBN, page 164:

     [...] I love Jamaica and I am Jamaican, and I will never be anything but unapologetically Jamaican to my core as my Kingstonian bredren would say [...]

   • 2023, Kenneth Morgan, A Concise History of Jamaica‎^[3], →ISBN, page 359:

     Thus by 1991 a quarter of Kingstonian households did not have sewerage facilities while only 60 per cent of homes had piped water.

2. Of or relating to Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
   • 1976, Gerald J. J. Tulchinsky, To Preserve & Defend‎^[4], →ISBN, page 202:

     But John Macaulay remained the most Kingstonian of conservatives: responsible, respectable, and unquestioning in his faith in material prosperity as a sure cure for political ailments.

   • 1997, David S. Heidler and Jeanne T. Heidler, editors, Encyclopedia of the War of 1812‎^[5], →ISBN, page 282:

     Yet merely because the Kingston Gazette drew a good deal of its articles from these sources did not mean that there was an alliance between a Kingstonian elite and New England and New York Federalists.

   • 2012, Paul Henderson, How Hockey Explains Canada: The Sport That Defines a Country‎^[6], →ISBN:

     Of course Don Cherry, the other formidable Kingstonian cheerleader, remains a stubborn member of the Kingston hockey revisionists.

Noun

Kingstonian (plural Kingstonians)

1. A native or resident of Kingston, Jamaica.
   • 1961, Gisela Eisner, Jamaica, 1830–1930: A Study in Economic Growth‎^[7], page 177:

     In 1860 Kingston had not a 'street that can exhibit a square yard of pavement'. Stable manure was used to repair road surfaces and any Kingstonian abroad at night risked life and limb.

   • 2002, Kathleen E. A. Monteith and Glen Richards, editors, Jamaica in Slavery and Freedom‎^[8], →ISBN, page 166:

     With their themes and varied attractions, these parties became a much-anticipated event for Kingstonians on Christmas day after their dinner.

   • 2005, Paris Permenter, John Bigley, Adventure Guide to Jamaica: History, Heritage and Culture‎^[9], →ISBN, page 282:

     Want to feel like a Kingstonian? Then do as the locals do and head to this casual restaurant, grab a picnic table, and order up some jerk and a Red Stripe.

2. A native or resident of Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
   • 1998, Peter Oliver, 'Terror to Evil-Doers': Prisons and Punishments in Nineteenth-Century Ontario‎^[10], →ISBN, pages 92–93:

     These views, coming from one of the most influential men in the province, a Kingstonian who was soon to become one of the founders of the penitentiary, are significant.

   • 2011, William Closson James, God's Plenty: Religious Diversity in Kingston‎^[11], →ISBN, page 369:

     It used to be said that you had to have three generations of ancestors buried in the Cataraqui Cemetery before you could be reckoned as one of the "Old Stones", or even rightly call yourself a Kingstonian.

   • 2018, Michael Barclay, The Never-Ending Present: The Story of Gord Downie and the Tragically Hip‎^[12], →ISBN:

     The political leader of Canada, the son of a man who took great pains to differentiate the Canadian identity from the elephant to the south, gave a surprisingly typical response at once rooted in our national insecurity and summing up the collective evolution of many fans' thoughts, including that of the proud Kingstonian sitting beside me at the show.

3. A native or resident of Kingston upon Thames, England.
   • 1852, W. G. Biden, editor, The History and Antiquities of the Ancient and Royal Town of Kingston-upon-Thames‎^[13], page 32:

     The character of the inhabitants during this long period seems, on their own shewing, to have been far from reputable; every vice and every species of immorality appears to have been practised more or less openly, and it was not till the present century that any great or marked improvement took place in the intelligence or prosperity of the Kingstonians.

   • 1876, “Up The Thames”, in Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science‎^[14], volume XVII, number 97, page 33:

     [...] we shall turn to the east and finish the purlieus of Hampton with a glance at the old Saxon town of Kingston-on-Thames. Probably an ardent Kingstonian would indignantly disown the impression our three words are apt to give of the place.

   • 1938, G. Herbert Shaw, A Survey of the Royal Borough and Its Amenities‎^[15], page 15:

     Kingstonians blessed or cursed with a nagging wife just complained to the Bailiffs who had her placed in the ducking stool and forcibly immersed in the river.

   • 2014, Julian McCarthy, Secret Kingston Upon Thames‎^[16], →ISBN:

     The churchyard is therefore still the final resting place of Kingstonians, as is the Memorial Garden, which was once the church 'overflow' burial ground.