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nounEdinburghian (plural Edinburghians)
plural Edinburghians
- A person from Edinburgh.
Based on people he had observed in Hampstead, the song borrows from Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island when the narrator calls himself “Long John Silver” […]. But apparently Anderson's fellow Edinburghian had no influence on “Mother Goose.”
2002, Scott Allen Nollen, Jethro Tull: A History of the Band, 1968–2001, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 68Synonyms: Edinbronian, Edinburger
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nounA person from Edinburgh.
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Edinburghian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Edinburghian
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“Edinburghian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Edinburghian. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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