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Baystater

Baystater noun: a person from Massachusetts.

Noun

Baystater (plural Baystaters)

  1. A person from Massachusetts.
    • Rudolph Shultz of Massachusetts won the Highly Commended citation on a 46 lb. entry and another Baystater, Earle Ferguson, won the Commended award with a ...1969, Shepherd, volume 14
    • Nutmegger? Baystater? College slider? A mid-week ticket at Otis Ridge, Mass., will cost you $10 on Tuesdays (for Connecticut residents) and Thursdays (for Massachusetts residents).1996 September, Dick Needham, “Side Tracks”, in Ski, page 19E

Forms of Baystater

pluralBaystaters

Origin of Baystater

From bay + stater. Massachusetts is sometimes known as the Bay State.

Questions about Baystater

What does Baystater mean?
Baystater means a person from Massachusetts.
What part of speech is Baystater?
Baystater is a noun.
What is the plural of Baystater?
The plural of Baystater is Baystaters.

Words near Baystater in the dictionary

  1. Bayses
  2. bayside
  3. baysides
  4. Baysinger
  5. Baysingers
  6. Baystater
  7. Baystaters
  8. Bayston Hill
  9. Bayswater
  10. Bayswater North
  11. bayt

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