Definition of Kentuckian

1. Noun. A native or resident of Kentucky.

Exact synonyms: Bluegrass Stater
Generic synonyms: American

Definition of Kentuckian

1. Noun. A resident or person born in the state of Kentucky. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kentuckian

Kenneth Bancroft Clark
Kenneth Clark
Kenneth David Kaunda
Kenneth Grahame
Kenneth Kaunda
Kenneth Roberts
Kennewick
Kenny
Kenny's treatment
Kensington
Kent's bundle
Kent-His bundle
Kent bugle
Kentish
Kentuckian
Kentuckians
Kentucky
Kentucky Derby
Kentucky blue
Kentucky coffee tree
Kentucky coffeetree
Kentucky coffeetrees
Kentucky rifle
Kentucky rifles
Kentucky windage
Kentucky wonder
Kentucky wonder bean

Literary usage of Kentuckian

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

1. All That's Kentucky: An Anthology by Josiah Henry Combs (1915)
"Once a kentuckian, always a kentuckian. From the cradle to the grave, the arms of the motherland, immortal as the ages, yet mortal in maternal affection, ..."

2. Library of Southern Literature by Edwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris, Charles William Kent (1910)
"A kentuckian KNEELS TO NONE BUT GOD By MRS. MORGAN L. BETTS [Colonel William Logan Crittenden, of Kentucky, was executed by the Cubans, August 16, 1851. ..."

3. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1906)
"... Island — The Willamette River — Its Mouth — The Mountains — Falls — River above the Falls — Arrival at the Lower Settlement — A kentuckian — Mr. Johnson ..."

4. The Life of Thomas Jefferson by Henry Stephens Randall (1858)
"... Difficulties—Private Correspondence—Considers a Presidential Tour improper—The President and his Grandson—Anecdotes—Carrying a kentuckian tn croupe—The ..."

5. Travels in the Great Western Prairies: The Anahuac and Rocky Mountains, and by Thomas Jefferson Farnham (1843)
"... River—Its Mouth—The Mountains— Falls—River above the Falls—Arrival at the Lower Settlement—A kentuckian—Mr. Johnson and his Cabin—Thomas M'Kay and his ..."

6. The American Quarterly Review by Robert Walsh (1834)
"The kentuckian in New York: or the Adventures of Threc Southerns. By a Virginian. ... kentuckian ..."

7. Life of Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President of the United States by Frank Crosby (1865)
"President's Speech at Washington—Speech to a New York Committee—Speech in Baltimore—Letter to a kentuckian—Employment of Colored Troops—Davis's ..."

8. Texas: The Rise, Progress, and Prospects of the Republic of Texas. In Two by William Kennedy (1841)
"... Emigrants in the United States—Kentucky and Texas compared by a kentuckian —Climate of the Country west of the Rocky Mountains. THE climate of Texas, ..."

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