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New Yorker

New Yorker noun: a native or resident of the state of New York in the United States of America.

Noun

New Yorker (plural New Yorkers)

  1. A native or resident of the state of New York in the United States of America.
  2. A native or resident of New York City.
    • This does not take into account the tens of thousands of New Yorkers who are harmlessly and charmingly insane in a peculiarly Manhattanite manner.1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 52
    • To every New Yorker in Kensington and Midwood and Hunts Point, know this: This city is your city, and this democracy is yours too. […] Hope is a decision that tens of thousands of New Yorkers made day after day, volunteer shift after volunteer shift, despite attack ad after attack ad.2025 November 5, Zohran Mamdani, “The Full Transcript of Zohran Mamdani’s Victory Speech”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original...
  3. A New York-style pizza, a type of large pizza originally eaten in New York City.

Synonyms of New Yorker

Forms of New Yorker

pluralNew Yorkers

Origin of New Yorker

From New York + -er.

Words formed from New Yorker

Words that rhyme with New Yorker

Questions about New Yorker

What does New Yorker mean?
New Yorker means a native or resident of the state of New York in the United States of America.
What part of speech is New Yorker?
New Yorker is a noun.
What is the plural of New Yorker?
The plural of New Yorker is New Yorkers.

Words near New Yorker in the dictionary

  1. New York Systems
  2. New York weevil
  3. New York-style pizza
  4. New York-style pizzas
  5. New York/New Jersey Bight
  6. New Yorker
  7. New Yorkeress
  8. New Yorkeresses
  9. New Yorkers
  10. New Yorkese
  11. New Yorkian

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