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Vermontese, n. and a.|vɜːmɒnˈtiːz|
Also † Vermonteze.
[f. as prec. + -ese.]
A. n. = prec. Also collect.
B. adj. Of or belonging to Vermont.
1783Polite Traveller 100 The persons, manners, and customs, of the Vermontese, are nearly the same with those provinces from whom they emigrated. 1798I. Allen Nat. & Pol. Hist. Vermont 280 Our Vermontese house-wives are not a little vain of their knowledge in making home-made wines. 1804T. G. Fessenden Orig. Poems 123 Hamilton was an impudent Vermonteze. 1845Knickerbocker XXVI. 583 We should be pleased to hear these lines applauded by the Vermontese. 1851San Francisco Picayune 20 Sept. 2/4 On a late visit to an ancient Vermontese lady, he was asked, ‘Did you see Professor Webster hung?’ |