Invernessian

plural Invernessians · alternative Invernesian

1. A native or inhabitant of Inverness, United Kingdom.

   “Ye look like a bunch o’ wee Merkinch tarts, the lot o’ ye,” Sergeant Major Robertson, a vast, gray-haired Invernessian brought back hastily from retirement, declared, surveying the gathering battalion in disgust.

   1984, C[lement] L[ister] Skelton, chapter 16, in Beloved Soldiers (The Regiment Quartet; 3), New York, N.Y.: Crown Publishers, →ISBN, pages 210–211

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   We know not very well what a Ross man feels to an Invernessian; we must leave this to greater adepts than ourselves; but we understand that Argyleshire; but we must understand that Argyleshire prides itself on comparative civilization.

   1827, The Port Folio, Editor and Asbury Dickens

comparative more Invernessian · superlative most Invernessian · alternative Invernesian

1. Of, from or relating to Inverness, United Kingdom.

   Bar two brief years at Celtic, Charlie Christie has spent his entire adult life working in Invernessian football.

   2019 September 23, Kieran Devlin, “Like father, like son — how two Christies went from the Highlands to Celtic”, in The Athletic, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2025

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   A sight not readily to be forgotten was that of about 30,000 troops assembled round Bloemfontein. Among them was the Highland Brigade, some 4,000 strong, under the command of General Hector Macdonald, of Invernessian origin.

   1922, John George Fraser, “Episode VII. Incidents of the War Period.”, in Episodes in My Life, Cape Town; […]: Juta & Co., →OCLC, page 296

   Once inside the double doors he stood, his eyes sweeping over the familiar curving staircase and the long room filled with gilded chairs and little round tables, at each of which sat a group of Invernessian matrons taking their morning coffee and gossip.

   1984, C[lement] L[ister] Skelton, chapter 3, in Beloved Soldiers (The Regiment Quartet; 3), New York, N.Y.: Crown Publishers, →ISBN, page 46