DCHP-2
Boston people Obs. DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a person from the United States; a United States citizen.
See also: Bostonnais (def. 1)
- 1846 Had anyone spoken to them of American ships or American people, he would not have been understood. We were only known as Boston ships and Boston people.
- 1923 . . . he was to show the portraits of all the important Indians to the King George and the Boston people.
- 1846 Had anyone spoken to them of American ships or American people, he would not have been understood. We were only known as Boston ships and Boston people.