Connecticuter

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A person who lives in or comes from Connecticut

noun
/kəˈnɛtɪkətər/

: connecticutense

As a proud Connecticuter, she always cheers for her home state's teams.

Already by then though, there are black connecticuters.

Examples

Many Connecticuters enjoy visiting the shoreline during summer weekends.
He moved to New York after spending his childhood as a Connecticuter.
A Connecticuter loves the fall foliage.
Many Connecticuters enjoy visiting the shore.
As a proud Connecticuter, she always cheers for her home state's teams.
He moved to New York after spending his childhood as a Connecticuter.
Many Connecticuters enjoy visiting the shoreline during summer weekends.

Surface Forms

Connecticuter singular

Connecticuters plural

Morphology

Connecticuter = Connecticut (transparent) = Connecticut + er

A regular demonym formed by attaching the productive agentive suffix '-er' to the place name 'Connecticut', so the meaning is directly derivable.

Etymology

The word Connecticuter comes from the state name Connecticut, which comes from an old Native American word meaning 'long tidal river'. The ending -er means 'a person from', as in New Yorker, so a Connecticuter is 'a person from Connecticut'.