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Arkansawyer
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English
Etymology
From en Arkansaw older spelling of en Arkansas yer.
Noun
en US A native or resident of the state of Arkansas in the United States of America.
2003 March 9, Roy Reed, "Another Guy From Arkansas" (Book review of The Best Lawyer in a One-Lawyer Town: A Memoir by Dale Bumpers), New York Times (retrieved 25 Feb 2014):
One opponent accused him of being "to the left of Hubert Humphrey," which was a hard thing to say about an Arkansawyer in 1970.
2007 Dec. 26, "Sizing up Arkansan vs. Arkansawyer," The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (reposted at Arkansas Online) (retrieved 25 Feb 2014):
The words Arkansan, Arkansawyer and Arkie are in common use. Each term has its partisans and its detractors.
Synonyms
en Arkansan, en Arkansasan, en Arkansasian, en Arkie
References
Discussion of the terms Arkansan and Arkansawyer by Arkansas Secretary of State Mark Martin, YouTube (posted Feb. 11, 2013) (retrieved 25 Feb 2014)
en Demonyms American demonyms Arkansas, USA