Definition of Bay State

1. Noun. A state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies.


Definition of Bay State

1. Proper noun. Massachusetts ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bay State

Baumé scale
Baunscheidtism
Baure
Bautzen
Bava Metzi'a
Bavaria
Bavarian
Bavarian Forest
Bavarian blue
Bavarian cream
Bavins
Bawku
Baxter
Bay
Bay Miwok
Bay State (current term)
Bay Stater
Bay Staters
Bay Street
Bay fever
Bay fevers
Bay of Bengal
Bay of Biscay
Bay of Campeche
Bay of Fundy
Bay of Mecklenburg
Bay of Naples
Bay of Ob
Bayard
Bayard of ten toes

Literary usage of Bay State

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"1801 Down here in the Bay State and all about the country. such a one might ... 1837 He was from the Down-East country, a representative of the Bay State. ..."

2. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1861)
"CHORUS—To the fray comes the Bay State 1 Clear the way for the Bay State ! Trust you may in the Bay State ! She will do, or die. —A*. ..."

3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1889)
"... including Shum way, The Bay State Sugar Refining Company, the First National Bank of Westboro' and Potter, Flower, Remy and Gregory, as attorneys of ..."

4. Corporate Promotions and Reorganizations by Arthur Stone Dewing (1914)
"1 The merger of the Bay State and International Corporations appeared to be ... The Bay State first preferred stockholders paid originally $100 in money for ..."

5. Adventure Guide Inside Passage & Coastal Alaska by Ed Readicker-Henderson (2006)
"Kachemak Bay State Park Homer's most famous attraction takes a little getting ... Kachemak Bay State Park varies between quite settled — Halibut Cove — and ..."

6. The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries by Pond, Nathan Gillett, 1832-, Martha Joanna Lamb, John Austin Stevens, Abbatt, William, 1851-1935, Stevens, John Austin, 1827-1910, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Henry Phelps Johnston, Nathan Gilbert Pond, William Abbatt (1886)
"I—the magazine heretofore known as THE Bay State MONTHLY will be published ... Pittsburg Christian Advocate, " If the Bay State keeps up to the mark of this ..."

7. Frenzied Finance by Thomas William Lawson (1905)
"As controller of the affairs of the Bay State Company of Delaware, which controlled the nomination and consequent election of the officers of the old Boston ..."

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