Tennessean

or Ten·nes·see·an

[ ten-uh-see-uhn ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of the state of Tennessee or its inhabitants.

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of the state of Tennessee.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Tennessean¹

An Americanism dating back to 1805–15; Tennessee + -an

Example Sentences

The probe found that no one in the state was given an expired dose, according to the Tennessean.

From Washington Post

The Tennessean has had nowhere near Lambert’s commercial success, but has garnered critical acclaim for her disarmingly personal storytelling and exquisitely layered production.

From Time

Rod Reed told players that their game Sunday night against Southeast Missouri State would be his last after 11 seasons, the Tennessean reported, confirming multiple reports.

From Washington Post

Jim Bryson, deputy commissioner of Tennessee Parks and Conservation, told the Tennessean last May that all state parks were seeing huge numbers, with some at capacity and others 30 percent to 40 percent beyond capacity.

From Outside Online

Janell has been writing about race, politics and identity for nearly two decades, working at NBC News Digital, The Washington Post and The Tennessean.

From Time

Indeed, the 75-year-old Tennessean, creator of the consulting juggernaut Bain & Co.

From The Daily Beast

He told me that he (Beauregard) had organised both the Virginian and Tennessean armies.

From Project Gutenberg

They said that he was a Tennessean, and had joined the Yankee army, and they showed them no quarter.

From Project Gutenberg

Holingsworth was not a Texan, but a Tennessean, though Texas had been for some years his adopted home.

From Project Gutenberg

The white-headed eagle, soaring above the spray of a Tennessean forest, looks down upon the clearing of the squatter.

From Project Gutenberg

It was midnight when we arrived upon the shore of the Mississippi—at its point of confluence with the Tennessean stream.

From Project Gutenberg