Ste. Genevievian

English

Etymology

From Ste. Genevieve +‎ -ian.

Noun

Ste. Genevievian (plural Ste. Genevievians)

1. A resident of Ste. Genevieve.
   • 1933 August 17, Crystal City Press‎^[1], volume 18, number 9, Crystal City, Mo.:

     The tremor, which was felt by many Ste. Genevievians, was recorded on the seismograph apparatus at the University, the first shock coming at 10:34 p. m., and the second eleven seconds later.

   • 1935, Alvin F. Petrequin, “History of Sainte Genevieve”, in J. B. Platisha, Ste. Genevieve Bi-Centennial Celebration and Pageant, Cape Girardeau, Mo.: Missourian Printing and Stationery Co., page eight:

     These modern Ste. Genevievians have faithfully preserved every tradition, every monument and every memory that sings of the past and in so doing, have gained the respect of thousands of men and women throughout the United States who believe as they do, that the past, as a rule, is all too easily forgotten and the real heroes of our nation lie unsung in the deep vaults of an earth that has been sanctified by the very sweat of their labors in shaping it into a civilized and habitable nation.

   • 1953 July 16, Doc Wright, ““Buck” Harris Rides Again, Or Hey, Sheriff I Think They Went Thataway”, in Daily News-Democrat, volume 87, number 143, Festus, Mo., page 1, column 3:

     The Ste. Genevievian told a tale of how he bought a used car from Isenman Motors here and over the phone they told him to pick it up.

   • 1984 June, Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, Feasibility Report: Flood Control Study for Historic Ste. Genevieve - 80061, volume two (Appendices), U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District, Lower Mississippi Valley Division, page E-2:

     Then in the 1700's a number of river floods occurred, culminating in 1785, "l'anee des grandes eaux", a flood season so severe that it prompted Ste. Genevievians to begin relocating the town to its present site.

   • 1985 November 14, “Capsule buried Saturday”, in The Daily Journal, volume 55, number 225, St. Francois County, Mo., page 1B, column 5:

     The site of the capsule’s interment will be marked by a bronze plaque which instructs future Ste. Genevievians to recover the capsule in the year 2085.

   • 2001, Mark L. Evans, The Commandant’s Last Ride, Cape Girardeau, Mo.: Ten-Digit Press, →ISBN, page 136, column 2:

     Ste. Genevievians in general had not yet begun to truly appreciate their unique architectural treasures in the mid-1950s.

   • 2002, Walter A. Schroeder, Opening the Ozarks: A Historical Geography of Missouri’s Ste. Genevieve District, 1760-1830, Columbia, Mo., London: University of Missouri Press, →ISBN, page 291:

     A second repercussion of Austin’s grant was that it prompted others, mainly entrepreneurial St. Louisans and Ste. Genevievians, to obtain their own large concessions for mineral land, an action previously deemed unnecessary.