Shaysite
noun
Shays·ite
ˈshāˌzīt
plural -s
: a sympathizer with or participant in Shays' Rebellion of 1786–87 in Massachusetts brought on by business depression and heavy taxes
Word History
Etymology
Daniel Shays †1825 American Revolutionary officer and insurrectionary leader + English -ite
- for no apparent purpose
- for no good reason
- for nothing
- for observation
- for old times' sake
- for one
- for one reason or another
- for one's age
- for one's benefit
- for one's money
- for one's own benefit
- for one's own good
- for one's part
- for one's sins
- for oneself
- for openers
- for ourselves
- for practical purposes
- for print
- for process
- for quite some time
- for real
- for rent
- for review
- for safekeeping