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Vermonter

Vermonter

3 4.1
A person from the US state of Vermont
  • noun
  • /vɜrˈmɒntər/
: vermontés
  • "Together we will come up with the best choices for Vermonters, I am sure," he said.
  • a native Vermonter
  • a real Vermonter
  • many Vermonters

And, and the two rugged Vermonters and the Olympic downhill skier are battling for first.

Examples

  • Ward is a "true Vermonter," the term for those born here, carrying a connotation of an abundance of self-reliance.

    Academic text (1998)

  • This is intentional and reflects the ways in which Vermonters refer to their everyday places.

    Academic text (2018)

  • And, according to Hack, she plans to continue with Vermonter First.

    Blog text (22)

  • "Well, I mean, with him being an old Vermonter and so on," said Upshaw.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • Being a Vermonter, the Rutland pictures were a real treat to see.

    Blog text (34)

  • Extending that power to the individual has made every Vermonter smarter, more independent, and more capable of managing complexity than ever.

    Blog text (4)

  • David Corbin was a native Vermonter who was raised in a small town on Lake Champlain.

    Academic text (2017)

  • Vermonters are primarily employed in the services, retail trade, and manufacturing sectors.

    Academic text (2018)

  • By the 1980s, agriculture was the livelihood of only 4 percent of Vermonters; manufacturing, trade, and tourism were each more important than farming in the state's economy.

    Academic text (1991)

  • David Corbin was a native Vermonter who was raised in a small town on Lake Champlain.

Synonyms

Yankee
vsVermonter
  • US
46 5.8

A person from the northern United States, often from New England

is a resident of one specific state rather than a broad northern identity
New Englander
vsVermonter
4 3.7

A person from or living in New England

is from one state within that larger northeastern region rather than the whole area

Surface Forms

Vermonter singular
Vermonters plural

Morphology

Vermonter = Vermont (transparent) = Vermont + er

Formed by adding the productive agentive/resident suffix '-er' to the place-name 'Vermont', so its meaning (a person from Vermont) is directly inferable.

Etymology

The word Vermonter comes from the place name Vermont, which comes from the French parts vert and mont meaning 'green' and 'mountain', and the ending -er means 'person from'. So, like New Yorker, a Vermonter is someone who lives in or comes from Vermont.