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Boston people

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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a person from the United States; a United States citizen.

See: Bostonnais(def. 1)

Quotations

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.