Chesterian

plural Chesterians

1. A native or inhabitant of Chester.

   About four blocks from the scene of the great fight the fire jumped across the Falls and fell upon Otto Duker’s lumber yard. The Baltimoreans and Chesterians had been hurried to that point to meet the attack, and after a sharp fight they conquered it.

   1904 February 9, “New York Firemen Stayed the Flames […]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

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   A man met a Chesterian on Third street this morning, and said: “I say, do you know a man named John Jehoram Smith?” “Yes, I’ve heard of him.” “Do you know anything about him?” “Y-e-s, I do.” “Pretty tough sort of a fellow ain’t he?” “I don’t know about that—he’s my father.” The interrogator disappeared in the direction of the footbridge.

   1886 November 30, “Tough Sort of a Man”, in Chester Evening Times, volume 16, number 3182, Chester, Pa.: Chester Times Publishing Co., →OCLC, page [3], column 4

   One of the oldest railroad stations in the world, the town of Chester’s vintage 1840 post-and-beam structure was saved from demolition by concerned Chesterians in 1990 and has since been lovingly restored as an emblem of the town’s proud place in the history of American railroading.

   2000 May 19, “Calendar”, in Hampshire Life (Daily Hampshire Gazette), Northampton, Mass., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 16, column 1

1. geographyAn age from 333 to 318.1 million years ago, a subdivision of the Carboniferous.