Rhode Islandern.
/ˌrəʊd ˈʌɪləndə/, U.S. /ˌroʊd ˈaɪləndər/ A native or inhabitant of the State of Rhode Island.In early use, with reference to the island, and subsequently also the Colony, of Rhode Island.
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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
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Ohian1819
Missourian1820
buckeye1823
Vermonter1825
Hoosier1826
red horse1833
sucker1833
wolverine1833
puke1834
corn-cracker1835
Texian1835
Alaskan1836
Texan1837
Michigander1838
Oregonian1838
Rackensack1839
Arkansian1844
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Bay Stater1845
Lone Star Stater1845
Oregonese1845
tar-boiler1845
weasel1845
web foot1845
Alabaman1846
Iowanc1848
Arkansan1851
Minnesotian1851
Washingtonian1852
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Texican1863
Coloradoan1864
tarheel1864
Cajun1868
Kansan1868
Montanian1869
Floridian1870
mudcat1872
New Jerseyan1872
Arkansawyer1874
longhorn1876
Mainer1879
New Jerseyite1885
prune picker1892
Hawaiian1893
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blue hen's chicken1921
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sooner1930
wyomingite1930
New Mexican1940
Okie1948
1665 R. Smith Let. 7 Aug. in D. B. Updike Richard Smith (1937) 80 We are here att Naragansett much abused by Rode Jlanders.
1679 J. Allyn Let. 7 July in J. H. Trumbull Public Rec. Colony of Connecticut (1859) III. 273 The outing of the Rohd Islanders from ye Narrogancett Country.
1759 J. Bradstreet Impartial Acct. Exped. Fort Frontenac 27 The Massachusets and Rhode Islanders in the rear of the main body, and the rear guard in whale boats.
1841 A. Botta Rhode-Island Bk. 191 The first little fleet..was commanded by a native Rhode-Islander.
1883 Cent. Mag. Sept. 708/2 In his interview with Rhode Islanders, a week before the outbreak, he made the proselyting of his men a matter of complaint.
1922 Newport (Rhode Island) Mercury 29 Apr. 4/1 Every true Rhode Islander has a right to be proud of her early history.
1998 Newsweek 1 June 50/3 A Rhode Islander whose sharp Yankee cadences always sounded faintly out of place at American's headquarters in Ft. Worth, Texas.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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