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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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WATSONIAN, prop.n. A pupil or former pupil of George Watson's Boys' or Ladies' Colleges in Edinburgh, now amalgamated. [After George Watson (†1723), accountant of the Bank of Scotland, whose educational endowment was used to establish the boys' school in 1741 and the girls' school in 1870.]
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"Watsonian prop. n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 19 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/snd00089179>
