Bay State

noun

1. Massachusetts (used as a nickname).

Other Words From

• Bay Stater noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Bay State¹

An Americanism dating back to 1780–90

Example Sentences

As part of the MassEquality coalition, Marc Solomon, a former Senate aide, was working to get Bay State legislators to vote no.

From The Daily Beast

In the early 1990s, the Bay State adopted a set of smart, coherent standards and well-aligned state tests.

From The Daily Beast

He had spent nearly 20 years covering politics in the Bay State, alternating between the Associated Press and the Boston Globe.

From The Daily Beast

The Bay State made it into our elite Top Five in 2010, finishing fifth.

From The Daily Beast

If the Bay State OKs the morally complex measure, it would join Oregon and Washington in allowing Dr. Deaths to practice.

From The Daily Beast

The scenery throughout the region is rugged and attractive, a charming characteristic of the Bay State.

From Project Gutenberg

Its the next best thing to living out hereit really isto live in the Old Bay State, as grandfather calls it.

From Project Gutenberg

Will you succor and protect him as a brother-man—a resident of the old Bay State?

From Project Gutenberg

I carried it off as a memento of a delightful June among the hills of the old Bay State.

From Project Gutenberg

At last it was conceded, establishing for all time as a part of the Bay State the beautiful county of Berkshire.

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