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Definition of Beantown
1. Noun. State capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services.
Geographical relationships: Battle Of Bunker Hill, Bunker Hill
Terms within: Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston Harbor, Beacon Hill, Charlestown
Generic synonyms: State Capital
Group relationships: Bay State, Ma, Massachusetts, Old Colony
Definition of Beantown
1. Proper noun. (US) nickname Nickname for the city of Boston, Massachusetts. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Beantown
Literary usage of Beantown
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Assassination of President Lincoln: And the Trial of the Conspirators by David E. Herold, Benn Pitman (1865)
"Last year, about tobacco-planting time, I heard Ben Gardiner tell Dr. Samuel Mudd,
in Beantown, that Abe Lincoln was a God damned old son of a bitch, ..."
2. Journal of the ... Annual Convention, Diocese of Maryland by Convention, Episcopal Church, Diocese of Maryland (1874)
"I took cars for Beantown, Baltimore and Potomac Rail Road. Owing to an accident,
I did not reach Bowie until 9 PM and Beantown until 11 PM I rode nineteen ..."
3. Technology Review by Massachusetts Institute of Technology Association of Class Secretaries, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alumni Association (1908)
"This is a time when a great many alumni and their friends journey from long
distances back to Beantown to join in the celebrations in memory of the old days ..."
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