hampshirite
hampshirite noun: a particular steatic pseudomorph, found in New Hampshire.
Noun (1)
hampshirite (uncountable)
- A particular steatic pseudomorph, found in New Hampshire.
Noun (2) capitalized: Hampshirite
Hampshirite (plural Hampshirites)
- Someone from New Hampshire, USA.
- But April is a whimsical month when Vermonters and Hampshirites alike are disposed to antic adventures such as trekking to Boston to get married or to New York to see the sights.1959, Charles Morrow Wilson, The Magnificent Scufflers: Revealing the Great Days when America Wrestled the World, Stephen Greene Press, page 60
- He had to keep his mutually jealous Hampshire and Berkshire supporters in reasonable alignment, had to fight the county patriotism of the Hampshirites and their desire to give the palm to a native son, and had to counteract the foul rumor spread by a Deerfield minister that he was a Deist.1965, Richard E. Welch, Theodore Sedgwick, Federalist: A Political Portrait, Wesleyan University Press, page 67
Forms of hampshirite
| plural | Hampshirites |
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Origin of hampshirite
From Hampshire + -ite.
Questions about hampshirite
- What does hampshirite mean?
- Hampshirite means a particular steatic pseudomorph, found in New Hampshire.
- What part of speech is hampshirite?
- Hampshirite is a noun.
- What is the plural of hampshirite?
- The plural of hampshirite is Hampshirites.
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