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- noun A person who originates from or lives in
Philadelphia . - noun A member of a 17th-century
Protestant religious group inEngland .
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Examples
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I knew that Valerie had gone to Penn State, and I learned today that she is a Philadelphian, which is another great attribute of this city.
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The Philadelphian is a high-rise condominium overlooking the classical columns of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, with picturesque views of the Schuylkill River and the verdant Benjamin Franklin Parkw ...
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The Philadelphian is a high-rise condominium overlooking the classical columns of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, with picturesque views of the Schuylkill River and the verdant Benjamin Franklin Parkw ...
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The Philadelphian is a high-rise condominium overlooking the classical columns of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, with picturesque views of the Schuylkill River and the verdant Benjamin Franklin Parkway.
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"Philadelphian," completely refutes all the unfavourable statements that have been got up to cover the base conduct of Jackson and the slavites.
A Ramble of Six Thousand Miles through the United States of America
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'Philadelphian' about father, setting forth how 'this distinguished brother, with his large family, having torn themselves from the endearing scenes of their home,' etc., etc., 'were going, like Jacob,' etc., -- a very scriptural and appropriate flourish.
Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe Compiled From Her Letters and Journals by Her Son Charles Edward Stowe Harriet Beecher Stowe 1853
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'Philadelphian' about father, setting forth how 'this distinguished brother, with his large family, having torn themselves from the endearing scenes of their home,' etc., etc., 'were going, like Jacob,' etc., ” a very scriptural and appropriate flourish.
The Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe Stowe, Charles Edward 1889
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I'm amazed that Gawker didn't contact me and offer me the "modest amount" it says it paid the Anonymous Philadelphian (AP -- my initials!) for his story.
But Gawker, I, too, had a one-night stand with Christine O'Donnell Alexandra Petri 2010
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Nobody essentially has an Elizabethan accent these days, nonetheless in Quaker as good as Upper-Crust Philadelphia circles, a Elizabethan demeanour of vocalization pops out during odd moments, as a code approach of asking strangers, Are we a internal Philadelphian?
Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009
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Elizabeth Robbins Pennell, a crony as good as biographer of James McNeill Whistler, tells us a clarification of a genuine Philadelphian in 1914.
Philadelphia Reflections: Shakspere Society of Philadelphia admin 2009
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