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单词 michigander
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Michigandern.

Brit. /ˌmɪʃᵻˈɡandə/, U.S. /ˌmɪʃəˈɡændər/
Forms: 1800s Michi-gander, 1800s– Michigander.
Origin: Apparently formed within English, by blending. Etymons: proper name Michigan , gander n.
Etymology: Apparently originally a humorous blend of the name of Michigan (see Michigan n.) and gander n.: see note below. In later uses probably regarded as < the name of Michigan (see Michigan n.) + -der (in e.g. Marylander n.; compare -er suffix1). Compare earlier Michiganian n.Apparently originally a nickname given to General Lewis Cass (1782–1866), governor of Michigan Territory (1813–31), who was regarded by his political opponents as resembling a goose; the term was reputedly coined by Abraham Lincoln (compare quot. 1848). In spite of its humorous origin it has now superseded Michiganian (Michiganian n.) as the usual term for an inhabitant of Michigan.
A native or inhabitant of the state of Michigan. Cf. Michiganian n.Quot. 1842 is referring to possible names of newspapers.
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Rhode Islander1665
Jerseyman1679
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Carolinian1705
Georgian1732
Marylandian1750
Jersey blue1758
Californian1762
Louisianian1775
Mississippian1775
Acadian1776
Vermonteer1778
Kentuckian1779
Vermontese1783
Indianian1784
Cohee1786
Kentuck1789
Virginian1797
Michiganian1813
Michigan1814
Tennessean1815
Ohioan1818
Illinoian1819
Ohian1819
Missourian1820
buckeye1823
Vermonter1825
Hoosier1826
red horse1833
sucker1833
wolverine1833
puke1834
corn-cracker1835
Texian1835
Alaskan1836
Texan1837
Michigander1838
Oregonian1838
Rackensack1839
Arkansian1844
badger1844
Bay Stater1845
Lone Star Stater1845
Oregonese1845
tar-boiler1845
weasel1845
web foot1845
Alabaman1846
Iowanc1848
Arkansan1851
Minnesotian1851
Washingtonian1852
Minnesotan1854
Nebraskan1854
Kansian1855
Utahan1855
Floridan1856
fly-up-the-creek1857
Dakotian1861
Coloradan1862
Coloradian1862
Texican1863
Coloradoan1864
tarheel1864
Cajun1868
Kansan1868
Montanian1869
Floridian1870
mudcat1872
New Jerseyan1872
Arkansawyer1874
longhorn1876
Mainer1879
New Jerseyite1885
prune picker1892
Hawaiian1893
Oklahoman1894
Tex1909
blue hen's chicken1921
Tejano1925
Geechee1926
Arkie1927
sooner1930
wyomingite1930
New Mexican1940
Okie1948
1838 Hampshire (Northampton, Mass.) Gaz. 14 Nov. 1 I came..the last thirty miles to Detroit by rail road. This is part of one which the Michiganders are making across St. Joseph's.
1842 Bellows Falls (Vermont) Gaz. 25 June 3/4 ‘The Vermonter’ does well enough,..but come to the New Hampshirer, or Massachusettser, or Connecticutter, or Michigander—‘a rose by any other name would smell as sweet’.
1848 A. Lincoln Coll. Wks. (1953) I. 509 I mean the military tail you Democrats are now engaged in dove~tailing on to the great Michigander [sc. General Cass].
1865 Harper's Mag. May 814/1 One of the Michiganders uses the goose-quill to some purpose.
1925 H. L. Mencken in Amer. Mercury May 125/2 ‘The Spring Flight’ is by another débutant, and he, too, is a Michigander.
1935 Bull. Hist. Soc. N.W. Ohio 7 iii. 3 Horner was not acceptable to the Michiganders and acting Governor Mason continued in office.
1952 Manch. Guardian Weekly 8 May 4/2 Jackson would like to have been known thereafter as ‘The Republican City’ and several boosters and patriotic Michiganders did their best to make that name take.
1992 J. Stern & M. Stern Encycl. Pop Culture 220/2 A Michigander..started a company called Magnetic Video, which leased the rights to tapes of fifty movies.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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