downhomern.
/ˈdaʊnˌhəʊmə/, U.S. /ˈdaʊnˌhoʊmər/, Canadian English /ˈdaunˌhoːmər/ Chiefly North American.
A person from ‘down home’; someone from one's own region, area, etc.; spec. (in Atlantic Canada) a person originating from or living in the Atlantic provinces.
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1885 Young Folks Paper 19 Dec. 393/3 New arrival of ‘Down Homers!’... (This is a title applied to persons from New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, or Prince Edward Island).
1913 Landmark (Statesville, N. Carolina) 14 Mar. 7/3 Down-homers will learn with no little regret that Secretary of the Navy Daniels will have but litttle patronage to dispense to the boys in the trenches.
1975 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 26 Apr. 4 If only he could adjust himself to the down-home attitude... If he couldn't, he might go mad. And the down-homers wouldn't be surprised.
1994 J. Barth Once upon Time 283 A cheerful..down-homer, a touch eccentric but well regarded in his tidewater community.
2010 Kawartha Lakes (Ont.) This Week (Nexis) 22 Apr. (Final ed.) 1 There's a lot of downhomers who like to hear the music, so it's always a good time.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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