countian

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• Despite being hard work and contested as a livelihood, factory-working farming seems to be preferred by many Greenway Countians to being either solely a factory worker or a farmer.

  Academic text (1992)

• "I am a Wilson Countian and I feel good about Wilson County."

  Blog text (30)

• All of them expressed different opinions about what it meant to be a Greenway Countian and about the work they do, depending on the social and physical setting.

  Academic text (1992)

• "There are Greenway Countians in state jobs, federal jobs, and sitting on boards of multinational corporations.

  Academic text (1992)

• Through the federal employment agency located in another county, Greenway Countians applying for jobs in the region's factories must, without exception, pass literacy tests.

  Academic text (1992)

• Tobacco is a key symbol (n11) in the construction of identity for many Greenway Countians.

  Academic text (1992)

• Greenway Countians "placed" themselves discursively in social interactions through their arguments about what they wanted to see in their own futures and in the future of the county.

  Academic text (1992)

• While a Greenway Countian may have asserted "that he or she was primarily a factory worker, or at heart a farmer, that individual did move through various work settings throughout the day and week that challenged these constructions of identity.

  Academic text (1992)

• Identity and power, along with concepts such as 'U.S. culture,' are constantly negotiated, and for Greenway Countians, ambiguity can be seen as empowering in the context of an alienating discourse of people-as-labor.

  Academic text (1992)

• As a proud Countian, she always participates in local events to support her community.

Synonyms

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local

vscountian

197 1.2

A person who lives in a particular area or community

refers specifically to someone from a particular county rather than a general area

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Etymology