Butternut

butternut English +s Etymology After the color of the Confederate uniform. Noun en US 19th century Southern settlers of the Ohio river basin, who used dye from the butternut tree to colour their home-made clothing en Colin Woodard 17 American nations New York Penguin 2011 978-1-101-54445-7 Yankees took to calling the Borderlanders “butternuts”—a reference to the color of their crude homespun clothes. en US obsolete A Confederate Southerner, or somebody who supported southern rights and slavery 19th c. en 1958 w:Shelby Foote The Civil War: A Narrative. Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville. The Illinois troops delivered a volley that sent the butternuts scampering back across the field. Anagrams en benrtttuu nut butter