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Coloradan, a. and n.|kɒləˈrɑːdən|
[f. Colorado n. + -an.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to the State of Colorado.
B. n. A native or inhabitant of Colorado.
1879B. F. Taylor Summer-Savory 33 There is yet another cough, which may be called the cough colloquial and Coloradan. 1931Amer. Speech VI. 310 ‘Out-state’ is a compound word..frequently used by Nebraskans, Iowans, Coloradans, and Wyomingites. 1979Tucson Mag. Feb. 30/3 Coloradans and Oregonians, accustomed to a much more ecologically active social environment, vigorously disagree. 1981Washington Post 4 Oct. e2/5 An exhibit of Coloradan artists will be displayed at Seraph Gallery.., now through Oct. 9.
Also Coloˈradian n. and a., Coloˈradoan n. and a.
1863N. H. Webster Jrnl. 6 Nov. in Montana Hist. Soc. Contrib. (1900) III. 329 Drove to Rocky Point. There we met a train of Coloradians. 1869S. Bowles Summer Vac. Colorado 82 Long's Peak..is the prominent north-eastern mountain of the Coloradian series,..and is fourteen thousand feet high. 1876H. T. Williams Pacific Tourist 79/1 Why, Coloradoans are the most disappointed people I ever saw. Two-thirds of them came here to die, and they can't do it. 1940Chambers's Techn. Dict. 178/1 Coloraˈdoan Stage (Geol.), synonymous with ‘Lower Cretaceous’ in the American sense. |