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Kentuckian

Kentuckian

3 4.2
A person born in or living in Kentucky
  • noun
  • /kənˈtʌk.i.ən/
  • US
translation icon : kentuckiano
  • Both of our fathers, Kentuckians and members of the "Greatest Generation," served proudly during WWII.
  • fellow Kentuckians
  • native Kentuckian
  • Kentuckians love

And he is of course governor of Kentucky in his second term who went after Trump's running mate JD Vance for being like a fake E Kentuckian apparently.

Examples

  • During the festival, many Kentuckians gathered to celebrate their state's rich culture and traditions.

  • She introduced me to her neighbor, Sandra, a native Kentuckian and twenty-year renter in Kenwick.

    Academic text (2011)
  • I am also a lifelong Kentuckian.

    Blog text (27)
  • Where are the prominent Kentuckians offering the same?

    Blog text (22)
  • When did two Kentuckians ever win Nobel Prizes in the same year?

    Fiction book (1997)
  • The lone holdout was Justice Reed, like Vinson, a Kentuckian.

    Academic text (2004)
  • And now she's working as an organizer with the grassroots group Kentuckians for the Commonwealth to help others restore their rights.

    Blog text (7)
  • Jeffrey Scott Holland is a native Kentuckian, painter, writer, actor, musician, paralegal—and interested in all things.

    Blog text (8)
  • Chris is proud to be a Kentuckian and often shares stories about his childhood in Kentucky.

  • As a lifelong Kentuckian, she knows all the best places to visit in the Bluegrass State.

Synonyms

Bluegrass Stater
vsKentuckian
8.3

A person born in or living in Kentucky, often called the Bluegrass State

is the general term for any native or resident of the state

Surface Forms

Kentuckian singular
Kentuckians plural

Morphology

Kentuckian = Kentucky (transparent) = Kentucky + ian

Demonym formed by adding the productive suffix '-ian' to the place name 'Kentucky', yielding 'person from Kentucky', which is directly inferable.

Etymology

Kentuckian is the place name Kentucky plus the ending -ian, which means 'person from', just like Italian. The name Kentucky likely comes from a Native American word that people say means 'meadow' or 'land of tomorrow', so a Kentuckian is simply someone 'from Kentucky'.