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Mainite

Mainite noun: synonym of Mainer (“inhabitant of the US state of Maine”).

Noun

Mainite (plural Mainites)

  1. (rare) Synonym of Mainer (“inhabitant of the US state of Maine”).
    • Each year rotted and broken timbers, coins and bric-a-brac are tossed upon the Maine shore line. Some is bought by tourists; some is gathered by Mainites and much is ground to bits.2018, Horace P. Beck, The Folklore of Maine
    Synonyms:
    Mainer

Synonyms of Mainite

Forms of Mainite

pluralMainites

Origin of Mainite

From Maine + -ite.

Questions about Mainite

What does Mainite mean?
Mainite means synonym of Mainer (“inhabitant of the US state of Maine”).
What part of speech is Mainite?
Mainite is a noun.
What is the plural of Mainite?
The plural of Mainite is Mainites.

Words near Mainite in the dictionary

  1. maingates
  2. Mainiac
  3. Mainiacs
  4. maining
  5. Mainit
  6. Mainite
  7. Mainites
  8. mainland
  9. mainland China
  10. mainland Chinese
  11. mainland clouded leopard

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