Definition of "Mancunian"

Current among the Britons, the name of Manchester was equally received and retained by the Saxons. […] [M]oſt of the more remarkable objects about the town, at this period, exchanged their Britiſh denominations for Saxon. And even one of the rivers, even the monarch of the Mancunian currents, now reſigned up its original name of Beliſama, and received another; from the marſhes and marſhy meadows, that ſkirt its channel on both ſides in one continued line to the ſea, obtaining the deſcriptive denomination of Merſc-ey, Merſ-ey, or marſhy water.

1775, [John] Whitaker, “The True Origin of Our Present Language, Letters, Weights, and Coins—and the Positive and Comparative Prices of Things before the Conquest”, in The History of Manchester, book II, London: Printed for Joseph Johnson, Nº 72, in St. Paul's Church-yard; and J[ohn] Murray, Nº 32, Fleet-street, opposite St. Dunstan's Church, section I, pages 237–238

The Bridgewater Canal in Manchester during the summer months is colonised every Sunday by hundreds of Mancunian men and boys involved in angling competitions, a very traditional and gendered practice.

1996, Ian Taylor, Karen Evans, Penny Fraser, “‘This Ruddy Recession’: Post-Fordism in Manchester and Sheffield”, in A Tale of Two Cities: Global Change, Local Feeling and Everyday Life in the North of England. A Study in Manchester and Sheffield, London, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, page 90

The Sex Pistols' first performance at Manchester's Lesser Free Trade Hall on June 4, 1976 has become widely accredited as 'year zero' in the history of Mancunian rock music.

2006, Sean Albiez, “Print the Truth, not the Legend. The Sex Pistols: Lesser Free Trade Hall, June 4, 1976”, in Ian Inglis, editor, Performance and Popular Music: History, Place and Time (Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series), Aldershot, Hampshire, Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate Publishing, page 92

But the Mancunians are of all men the most disposed to peace. Their name has become a bye-word because they are said to require peace at any price. If the Mancunians are satisfied, for Heaven's sake do not let us put it into their heads that they could gain anything by change.

1859, [Arthur Helps], “War”, in Friends in Council: A Series of Readings and Discourse thereon (New Series), 2nd edition, volume I, London: John W[illiam] Parker & Son, West Strand, page 137

In this epitome of local medical history there is much of which any Mancunian can be proud, be he a medical man, a citizen of Greater Manchester or a member of its universities.

1984, S. W. Stanbury, “Foreword”, in Willis J. Elwood, A. Félicité Tuxford, editors, Some Manchester Doctors: A Biographical Collection to Mark the 150th Anniversary of the Manchester Medical Society 1834–1984, Manchester, Dover, N.H.: Published for the Manchester Medical Society by Manchester University Press, page vii

Mancunians have shown their defiance in the face of terror after a suicide bomber killed 22 people in the city on Monday night.

2017 May 23, Sarah Ann Harris, “Manchester bombing prompts extraordinary messages of defiance: ‘F*ck terrorism stick the kettle on.’”, in HuffPost‎, archived from the original on 23 May 2017