Michigander
Meaning
Noun
- A native or resident of the state of Michigan in the United States of America.
- In particular, a man from Michigan, contrasted with a Michigoose.
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- Attributed to Abraham Lincoln, in a speech of July 27, 1848, as pejorative reference to Lewis Cass, Michigan politician:
- : There is one entire article of the sort I have not discussed yet; I mean the military tale you Democrats are now engaged in dovetailing onto the great Michigander.
- Ostensibly coined as a (punning on “tale” and “(dove)tail(ing)”). Alternatively from and/or later reanalyzed as Michigan + -d- (epenthetic) -er.
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