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Connecticutensian

Connecticutensian noun: synonym of Connecticuter.

Noun

Connecticutensian (plural Connecticutensians)

  1. (rare) Synonym of Connecticuter.
    • Heard a pretty sensible Yalensian Connecticutensian preacher.[1771 June 9, John Adams, “Diary, with Passages from an Autobiography”, in The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations, by His...
    • Another reaſon for the obſcurity in which the Connecticutenſians have hitherto been involved, is to be found among their own ſiniſter views and purpoſes.[…]Religion and Government.—Properly ſpeaking, the Connecticutenſians have neither, nor ever had; but, in pretence, they excel the whole world...1781, [Samuel Peters], A General History of Connecticut, from Its First Settlement under George Fenwick, Esq. to Its Latest Period of Amity with Great Britain; […], London: […] the Author; […] J[ohn]...
    Synonyms:
    Connecticuter

Examples of Connecticutensian in a sentence

  • The author states, that the Connecticutensians have been involved in obscurity, by a cloud of prejudice and knavery; for that Doctor Mather and Mr.1834 February, “Connecticut as it was”, in J[oseph] T[inker] Buckingham, editor, The New-England Magazine, volume VI, Boston, Mass.: […]...
  • It was said, the Connecticutensians “loved the house of prayer, loved to leave it too.”1946, Kurt F. Leidecker, “The Religious Background”, in Yankee Teacher: The Life of William Torrey Harris, New York, N.Y.: The...

Synonyms of Connecticutensian

Forms of Connecticutensian

pluralConnecticutensians

Origin of Connecticutensian

From Connecticut + -ensian.

Questions about Connecticutensian

What does Connecticutensian mean?
Connecticutensian means synonym of Connecticuter.
How do you use Connecticutensian in a sentence?
The author states, that the Connecticutensians have been involved in obscurity, by a cloud of prejudice and knavery; for that Doctor Mather and Mr.
What part of speech is Connecticutensian?
Connecticutensian is a noun.
What is the plural of Connecticutensian?
The plural of Connecticutensian is Connecticutensians.

Words near Connecticutensian in the dictionary

  1. Connecticunts
  2. Connecticut
  3. Connecticut River
  4. Connecticut warbler
  5. Connecticut warblers
  6. Connecticutensian
  7. Connecticutensians
  8. Connecticuter
  9. Connecticuters
  10. Connecticutter
  11. Connecticutters

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