Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

baystater

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: baystater
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person from Massachusetts.

Example Sentences

"Rudolph Shultz of Massachusetts won the Highly Commended citation on a 46 lb. entry and another Baystater, Earle Ferguson, won the Commended award with a ..."
"Nutmegger? Baystater? College slider? A mid-week ticket at Otis Ridge, Mass., will cost you $10 on Tuesdays (for Connecticut residents) and Thursdays (for Massachusetts residents)."
"“Press, you may have grown up in Boston, but don't forget I'm from next door in Connecticut. Sorry to contradict you, Mr. Baystater, but in my experience the average person from Massachusetts may be liberal, but they're not ideologues: they're too pragmatic for that.”"

Etymology

From bay + stater. Massachusetts is sometimes known as the Bay State.

Inflected Forms

Baystaters (plural)

Questions

What does baystater mean?: A person from Massachusetts.
Where does baystater come from?: From bay + stater. Massachusetts is sometimes known as the Bay State.

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