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New Hampshirite

New Hampshirite

1 8.4
A person from New Hampshire
  • noun
  • /nuː ˈhæmpʃɪraɪt/
translation icon : habitante de New Hampshire
  • As a proud New Hampshirite, he always promotes local businesses and artists in his community.

Examples

  • There weren't any UNH people in there, just hardcore New Hampshirites, chewing on free popcorn and downing dollar drafts.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • An enthusiastic New Hampshirite shared her thoughts on the local elections during the town hall meeting.

  • Every January, New Hampshirites gather to celebrate their unique culture at the annual festival.

Synonyms

New Englander
vsNew Hampshirite
4 3.7

A person from or living in New England

is limited to people from one specific state within that region
Granite Stater
vsNew Hampshirite
8.7

A person who lives in New Hampshire, USA

is the neutral name for someone born in or living in that state
Hampshirite
vsNew Hampshirite
8.1

A person from Hampshire in England or New Hampshire in the USA

refers only to a native or inhabitant of the US state

Surface Forms

New Hampshirite singular
New Hampshirites plural

Morphology

New + Hampshirite

The meaning 'a native or inhabitant of New Hampshire' is directly compositional from 'New' (the geographic modifier) + 'Hampshirite' (a demonym for someone from Hampshire/New Hampshire). Demonym formation is a regular, cross-linguistic pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should be able to infer the MWE meaning.

Etymology

New Hampshirite comes from the place name New Hampshire plus the ending -ite, a simple way to form a name for people from a place. So New Hampshirite means 'a person from New Hampshire'.