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Delawarean

American  
[del-uh-wair-ee-uhn] / ˌdɛl əˈwɛər i ən /

noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Delaware.


adjective

  1. of or relating to Delaware of Delawareans.

Delawarean British  
/ ˌdɛləˈwɛərɪən /

adjective

  1. of or relating to the state of Delaware or its inhabitants

  2. of or relating to the Delaware river

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Delawarean

Delaware + -an

Example Sentences

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At the helm of the Senate’s environmental committee and a decades-old ally to fellow Delawarean President Biden, Mr. Carper has played a key role in helping the president advance his climate change agenda.

From Washington Times • May 22, 2023

“I’m a proud Delawarean, but Pennsylvania is my native state — it’s in my heart,” Mr. Biden said.

From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2022

That left Allen, a Delawarean by birth, to represent the genre via his best new artist nomination.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 23, 2021

It's said that Delawarean Bill Thompson invented the strange sport, which started out as a small group and grew when a local radio station became interested in the squashed squash.

From Salon • Oct. 11, 2021

The average Delawarean of 1873 is the average Oxford gossip of 1620, with the scholarship left out.

From Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873 by Various

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