Tennesseann.adj.
/tɛnəˈsiːən/ A. n.
A native or inhabitant of Tennessee.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [noun] > specific state > states
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
1815 Niles' Reg. 7 373/1 Glory to..the hardy and gallant Tennesseeans, Kentuckians and Louisianians.
1834 Visit to Texas i. 10 An old Tennessean and his wife with their sons were going ‘to hunt land’.
1857 T. B. Gunn N.Y. Boarding-houses 202 A big Tennesseean.
1884 A. E. Sweet & J. A. Knox On Mexican Mustang through Texas iii. 41 The old Tennessean came to the front again.
1931 T. S. Stribling Forge xxiii Tennesseans, countrymen,..I come asking you to lift your sword to defend the sacred altar of your country's freedom!
1959 C. Ogburn Marauders (1960) ii. 49 Lieutenant Caldwell..was an angular young Tennessean.
1978 Times 24 Oct. 8/6 Her own campaign slogan..[claims] that she ‘has not lost touch’ with Tennesseans.
B. adj.
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Tennessee.
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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
1853 J. L. McConnel Western Characters 269 Its dye a favorite ‘Tennessean’ brownish-yellow.
1872 ‘M. Twain’ Sketches New & Old 135 The fervent spirit of Tennesseean journalism.
1945 H. F. Woods Amer. Sayings 274 A Tennesseean-born pioneer, he was in the tradition of Daniel Boone and other border heroes of his time.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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