Green Mountain boy

English

Noun

Green Mountain boy (plural Green Mountain boys)

1. A member of the Vermont National Guard.
2. (historical) A member of a militia organization established in 1770 in the territory between the British provinces of New York and New Hampshire, instrumental in resisting New York's attempts to control the territory.
   • 1849 December, C. D. Stuart, Esq., “Rambledom: in Four Chapters. Chapter First”, in The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, volume 34, number 6, New York: Samuel Hueston, page 490:

     H. G. was here lately, preaching political truths to the Green Mountain boys.