Wisconsinite
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- noun
- /wɪsˈkɑːnsɪnaɪt/
- US
- He says, "What's happened to us as Wisconsinites, as Americans?"
Examples
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What started as a long shot for Baldwin eventually narrowed to a close finish, with the born-and-raised Wisconsinite capturing 51% of the vote, according to CNN projections.
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He is a born-and-bred Wisconsinite, and I love every contradiction his un-French mind so blithely absorbs.
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I have a question for the Wisconsinites.
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Paul Ryan is a true Wisconsinite.
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The intense spending by outside groups has made a lot of Wisconsinites feel powerless.
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If the state option is chosen, however, Wisconsinites face risk from a federal mandate lacking long-term guaranteed funding.
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Bill Moyers: Journalist and Wisconsinite John Nichols has tracked Scott Walker's career since the '90s, when Walker was a state legislator and then-ALEC member.
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Ryan, who campaigned in Nevada, Colorado, Ohio, and Iowa on Monday before returning to Wisconsin for what will be his final rally of the presidential campaign, told fellow Wisconsinites, "It is really good to be back here in Packerland, God's Country, Wisconsin."
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As a proud Wisconsinite, she loves cheering for the Green Bay Packers during football season.
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Every Wisconsinite I know enjoys a good slice of cheese on their pizza.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Wisconsinite comes from the place name Wisconsin plus the ending -ite, which means 'person from' a place. The name Wisconsin comes from a Native American word for the river, thought to mean 'red stone' or 'river of red stones', so a Wisconsinite is simply a 'person from Wisconsin'.