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American

Of or pertaining to America; as, the American continent: American Indians.

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Appalachian 76% connected

Of or pertaining to a chain of mountains in the United States, commonly called the Allegheny mountains.

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Badger 76% connected

An itinerant licensed dealer in commodities used for food; a hawker; a huckster; -- formerly applied especially to one who bought grain in one place…

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Beaver 76% connected

An amphibious rodent, of the genus Castor.

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Buckeye 76% connected

A name given to several American trees and shrubs of the same genus (Aesculus) as the horse chestnut.

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Californian 76% connected

Of or pertaining to California.

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Carolinian 76% connected

A native or inhabitant of north or South Carolina.

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Creole 76% connected

One born of European parents in the American colonies of France or Spain or in the States which were once such colonies, esp. a person of French or S…

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Georgian 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Georgia, in Asia, or to Georgia, one of the United States.

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Gopher 76% connected

One of several North American burrowing rodents of the genera Geomys and Thomomys, of the family Geomyidae; -- called also pocket gopher and pouched…

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Hawaiian 76% connected

Belonging to Hawaii or the Sandwich Islands, or to the people of Hawaii.

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Hispanic 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Spain or its language; as, Hispanic words.

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Hoosier 76% connected

A nickname given to an inhabitant of the State of Indiana.

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Northerner 76% connected

One born or living in the north.

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Southerner 76% connected

An inhabitant or native of the south, esp. of the Southern States of North America; opposed to Northerner.

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Tory 76% connected

A member of the conservative party, as opposed to the progressive party which was formerly called the Whig, and is now called the Liberal, party; an…

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Volunteer 76% connected

One who enters into, or offers for, any service of his own free will.

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Washingtonian 76% connected

Pertaining to, or characteristic of, George Washington; as, a Washingtonian policy.

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West Indian 76% connected

Belonging or relating to the West Indies.

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Wolverine 76% connected

The glutton.

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Yank 76% connected

A jerk or twitch.

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Yankee 76% connected

A nickname for a native or citizen of New England, especially one descended from old New England stock; by extension, an inhabitant of the Northern S…

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Yankee-Doodle 76% connected

The name of a tune adopted popularly as one of the national airs of the United States.

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Denizen 76% connected

A dweller; an inhabitant.

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Dweller 76% connected

An inhabitant; a resident; as, a cave dweller.

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English 76% connected

Of or pertaining to England, or to its inhabitants, or to the present so-called Anglo-Saxon race.

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Habitant 76% connected

An inhabitant; a dweller.

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Indweller 76% connected

An inhabitant.

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Inhabitant 76% connected

One who dwells or resides permanently in a place, as distinguished from a transient lodger or visitor; as, an inhabitant of a house, a town, a city,…

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