New Mexicanadj.n.
/ˌnjuː ˈmɛksᵻk(ə)n/, U.S. /ˌn(j)u ˈmɛksək(ə)n/ A. adj.
Of or relating to New Mexico or its inhabitants.
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Carolinian1705
Georgian1740
Missourian1761
Alaskian1788
Vermontese1798
Alaskan1807
Michigan1814
Russo-American1814
Illinoian1818
Mississippian1819
Middle Atlantic1826
New Mexican1834
Louisianian1835
Texian1835
Oregonian1850
Texan1852
Nebraskan1853
Tennessean1853
Ozark1856
Dakotan1874
Kansan1894
Ozarkian1906
Tex-Mex1949
Texican1982
1834 A. Pike Prose Sketches & Poems 137 To an American, the first sight of these New Mexican villages is novel and singular.
1846 W. H. Emory in Ann. 30–1 Congr. Ex. Doc. 57 Acoma is the most western of the New Mexican towns.
1893 C. F. Lummis Land of Poco Tiempo 294 Twenty miles south of the New Mexican hamlet of Manzano..is..the pueblo of Abó.
1937 C. Richter Sea of Grass (1965) Introd. p. xx I did have an Atlantean friend, a New Mexican judge.
1995 New Mexico Apr. 29/2 (advt.) Three luxurious guesthouses with kiva fireplaces and native New Mexican furnishings.
B. n.
A native or inhabitant of New Mexico.
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Marylander1640
Rhode Islander1665
Jerseyman1679
Pennsylvanian1685
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
1834 A. Pike Prose Sketches & Poems 170 Even the New Mexicans call him a great rascal.
1846 E. Bryant What I saw in California i. 13 I noticed..a large number of New Mexicans, and half-breed Indians.
1899 T. Roosevelt Rough Riders vi. 221 A war eagle brought by the New Mexicans—we had been forced to leave behind in Tampa.
1940 E. Fergusson Our Southwest 228 Few families are so completely urbanized as not to have a little ranch somewhere, and New Mexicans care for their own as long as they can.
1994 Hispanic Dec. 6/1 Hispanics are notoriously heterogeneous, and we New Mexicans revel in our uniqueness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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