Indianapolitan
nounEtymology From Indianapolis + -ian.
1
A person from Indianapolis.
- The Indianapolitans seem to be very civil and orderly people, a pattern of sobriety and good behavior, if we can infer anything on these points from the smallness of their police force, for this body, considered indispensable in most cities for the preservation of order, in this city numbers only eight, including a chief.1857, J. B. B., “A City of the West”, in The New England Farmer, volume 9, page 387:
- If the Indianapolitans could declare and enforce an effective embargo upon all outsiders, it is evident that Indianapolis would languish and die.1892 September 17, “Indianapolis, New-York, and Cholera”, in The New York Times, retrieved 02 Oct 2014:
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- The earliest sculpture by an Indianapolitan was the statue of Benjamin Franklin by John Mahoney, erected in 1874 above the front doorway of the Franklin Insurance Company building in the southeast segment of the Circle.1954 June 23, Eva Draegert, “The Fine Arts in Indianapolis, 1875–1880”, in Indiana Magazine of History, volume 50, number 2, Trustees of Indiana University, page 105:
- Related terms
- Indianan