Meanings
plural Williamsburgers
- A native or inhabitant of Williamsburg.
How hip is too hip? It depends on which Williamsburger you ask.
2000 July 23, Tara Bahrampour, “Neighborhood Report: New York Up Close […]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 May 20152 more examples
Two lawyers who had come over from Williamsburg to make speeches in honor of Battery Dan were told by Lawyer William J. Caffrey that only Manhattanites would be allowed to speak. “If you let my friend speech something,” said one of the Williamsburgers, “I will be satisfactioned mitout^([sic]) speeching.[…]”
1905 June 11, “Cheer Battery Dan at Lawyers’ Recption […]”, in The New York Times, volume LIV, number 17,305, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 6, column 3Miller did the better part of his fighting late in the battle and matched punches with the Williamsburger in the lively encounters which filled the bout.
1926 July 25, “Joe Glick Victor over Ray Miller […]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC
Origin
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Williamsburger. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Williamsburger
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