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Vermontese

Vermontese noun: people from Vermont.

Noun

Vermontese pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) People from Vermont.

Proper noun

Vermontese

  1. The dialect spoken in Vermont.
    • And yet it turns out that one vestige of Vermontese lingers, and, in fact, is spreading: the glottal-stopped t in words like "Vermon'" or "Mil'on," which is mysteriously increasing among young people.2015 November 22, Britt Peterson, “Why are young Vermon’ers dropping their t’s?”, in The Boston Globe

Origin of Vermontese

From Vermont + -ese.

Questions about Vermontese

What does Vermontese mean?
Vermontese means people from Vermont.
What part of speech is Vermontese?
Vermontese can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near Vermontese in the dictionary

  1. Vermont
  2. Vermont carry
  3. Vermont South
  4. Vermonter
  5. Vermonters
  6. Vermontese
  7. Vermorel
  8. Vermorel sprayer
  9. Vermorel sprayers
  10. Vermorels
  11. vermouth

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