I. |bȯstə|nēz, -ēs sometimes |bäs-; rap. sometimes -s ə n|ē- noun
( plural bostonese )
Usage: capitalized
1. : bostonian
2. : the speech of Boston and the immediately surrounding region marked by certain features (as the use of ȧ for the a in ask ) that set it off sharply from most other speech patterns of the United States
II. adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
: bostonian