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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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Across town, at the speed skating oval, the latest U.S. star is a Wisconsinite named Jordan Stolz.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 5, 2026

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

One Wisconsinite wrote in the guest register, “Why can’t I go and live there permanently?”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 23, 2019

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

Most of the time, Wisconsinites are best known for their love of cheese curds, beers and braving subzero temperatures at Lambeau Field.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 11, 2026

Wisconsinites are prideful and you already mentioned the bratwurst, but I want to talk about cheese curds, frozen custard, the beer.

From Salon Mar. 20, 2024

That’s what Wisconsinites did Tuesday, and whether we live in that state or not, we should all be grateful.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 10, 2023

Mark Joseph Stern: And Janet Protasiewicz has really burned her image and her persona into the minds of Wisconsinites.

From Slate Apr. 4, 2023

Those are the freedoms Wisconsinites want, and those are the freedoms Wisconsinites deserve.

From Seattle Times Mar. 15, 2023

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