Saint, noun
- Origin:
- From City of Saints.
obs.
A jocular name for an inhabitant of Grahamstown (now Makhanda), a city in the Eastern Cape.
1888 Cape Punch 18 July 6Friday..brought up the Ballot and the looking-glass of Grahamstown, with the report and desires of another public meeting of the Saints.
1912 E. London Dispatch 14 Aug. 4 (Pettman)The older generation of Grahamstown’s citizens regarded Mr. Sheffield’s book (‘The Story of the Settlement’) as one which no loyal Saint should be without.
A jocular name for an inhabitant of Grahamstown (now Makhanda), a city in the Eastern Cape.
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