英语词汇boston的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	boston
词源	Boston. A historical term once used by Indians of the North- west for any white American, as opposed to the foreign English, French, and so forth. These Bostons were also called Bostoni- ans by the Indians and were so named because so many settlers came from New England or had connections with that great hub of commerce.
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