Definition of Palmetto State

1. Noun. A state in the Deep South; one of the original 13 colonies.


Definition of Palmetto State

1. Proper noun. South Carolina ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Palmetto State

Pallas Athene
Pallottine
Palm Beach
Palm Sunday
Palma
Palmaceae
Palmae
Palmales
Palmas
Palmer
Palmer's notation
Palmer Peninsula
Palmer acid test for peptic ulcer
Palmerian
Palmerstonian
Palmetto State (current term)
Palmyra
Palo Alto
Palometa simillima
Palookaville
Palæeskimo
Palæozoic
Palæstine
Palæstinian
Palæstinians
Pama-Nyungan
Pamela
Pamelor
Pamir
Pamlico

Literary usage of Palmetto State

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

1. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1863)
"... boat ' Palmetto State,' I baptize thee, in the name of the patriotic ladies of South-Carolina. Amen." Captain Ingraham : As commander of this naval ..."

2. Our First Century: Being a Popular Descriptive Portraiture of the One by Richard Miller Devens (1876)
"Action in the " Palmetto " State —Anti-National and Defiant.-Pacific Proposals Scouted.—A Political Dinner in Washington. ..."

3. The American Crisis: Or, Pages from the Note-book of a State Agent During by John Lewis Peyton (1867)
"... Bishop of Virginia—Southern Landscapes—Oriental Aspect and Appearance of the Capital of the Palmetto State. ON either side of the railway that took me, ..."

4. The Americans at Home: Pen-and-ink Sketches of American Men, Manners and by David Macrae (1870)
"PERSONAL NOTES FROM THE Palmetto State. THE Chair of Mathematics in the South Carolina University at Columbia is occupied by General EP Alexander ..."

5. Oddities of Colonial Legislation in America: As Applied to the Public Lands by John Brown Dillon, Ben Douglass (1879)
"Popular name, " Palmetto State."* GEORGIA. Georgia, the most remotely south of any of the original thirteen states, has an extreme length from ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Palmetto State on Dictionary.com!Search for Palmetto State on Thesaurus.com!Search for Palmetto State on Google!Search for Palmetto State on Wikipedia!

Search