Delawarean
Americannoun
adjective
adjective
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of or relating to the state of Delaware or its inhabitants
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of or relating to the Delaware river
Etymology
Origin of Delawarean
Example Sentences
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“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
“We tend to be proud about little things because we don’t have any big stuff, but this is pretty big,” says lobbyist and former state Democratic Party chair Richard Bayard, a seventh-generation Delawarean.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 13, 2020
Delawarean Wilmington is perhaps hardly known to the general public except through two of its products.
From Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873 by Various
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