Arkansawyer

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English

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Etymology

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From Arkansaw (older spelling of Arkansas) +‎ -yer.[1]

Noun

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Arkansawyer (plural Arkansawyers)

  1. (US) A native or resident of the state of Arkansas in the United States of America.
    • 2003 March 9, Roy Reed, "Another Guy From Arkansas" (Book review of The Best Lawyer in a One-Lawyer Town: A Memoir by Dale Bumpers), New York Times (retrieved 25 Feb 2014):
      One opponent accused him of being "to the left of Hubert Humphrey," which was a hard thing to say about an Arkansawyer in 1970.
    • 2007 Dec. 26, "Sizing up Arkansan vs. Arkansawyer," The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (reposted at Arkansas Online) (retrieved 25 Feb 2014):
      The words Arkansan, Arkansawyer and Arkie are in common use. Each term has its partisans and its detractors.

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References

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  1. ^ Arkansawyer”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.