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Wisconsinite

American  
[wi-skahn-suhn-ahyt] / wɪˈskɑn sənˌaɪt /

noun

Wisconsinites plural
  1. a native or inhabitant of Wisconsin.


adjective

  1. relating to, coming from, or living in Wisconsin.

wisconsinite British  
/ wɪsˈkɒnsɪnˌaɪt /

noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Wisconsin

"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

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I’d say the Wisconsinite Jordan Stolz, the speedskating dynamo who has already won Olympic record gold in the 1,000 meter and 500 meter races.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026

“Song Sung Blue” writer-director Craig Brewer, who first saw the documentary at a small film festival in Memphis, Tenn., never envisioned anyone but Jackman as the insatiable Wisconsinite.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2025

As one 29-year-old Wisconsinite recently told NPR, “the people that find it hardest to vote are young people and minority voters.”

From Slate • Nov. 2, 2022

"Hong, a second-generation Wisconsinite, mother, community organizer, and service industry worker, easily defeated Republican candidate and real estate intern Patrick Hull, 88 percent to 12 percent," David Dahmer wrote for the publication.

From Salon • Nov. 9, 2020

During the 2011 demonstrations, he wrote a dispatch for The New Yorker that mentioned a quintessentially Wisconsinite protest sign: “Let’s Be Reasonable. Hyperbole Hurts Everyone’s Cause.”

From New York Times • Jul. 11, 2018

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