Pennamite

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) From Pennsylvania +‎ -ite.

Noun

Pennamite (plural Pennamites)

1. (archaic or historical) A person from, or fond of, Pennsylvania.
   • 1866, James L Bowen, The Maid of Wyoming:

     Jest say whether yer Yank or Pennamite—that's all that's required in these times.

   • 1902, Proceedings and Collections of the Wyoming Historical and Geological Society:

     To be sure Judge Fell and Mr. Miner were Federalists, but the first was an ardent Pennamite while the latter was a regular Yankee and claimant under Connecticut.

   • 2014, Andrew Lawson, Class and the Making of American Literature, →ISBN:

     In 1778, Pennamite Loyalists joined forces with British officers and Iroquois warriors, mounting an attack on the Wyoming Valley in which at least two hundred Yankee militiamen were killed in less than an hour.

Usage notes

This term was used in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, but current usage is restricted to refer to the Pennsylvanian side of the Yankee-Pennamite wars.

Anagrams

• impennate, pentamine