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Definition of Tennessean
1. Noun. A native or resident of Tennessee.
Definition of Tennessean
1. Adjective. Of, or from, Tennessee. ¹
2. Noun. Someone from Tennessee. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tennessean
Literary usage of Tennessean
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Lives and Opinions of Benj'n Franklin Butler: United States District by William Lyon Mackenzie (1845)
"Jj- " We do "not believe Mr. Van Buren will receive one vote from the tennessean
delegation. If he "does that delegate who votes knowingly against the ..."
2. Sketches of History, Life, and Manners, in the United States by Anne Newport Royall (1826)
"I ought to have mentioned too, that we set down our tennessean in the road, the
preceding night, being near his home. Knoxville.—Here our fellow travellers, ..."
3. Merry's Museum and Parley's Magazine (1857)
"BO—tennessean. 143. 1. Periander of Corinth. Pittacus of Mitylene. 3. Thales. 4.
... tennessean.—LSS—ERW Your horse is in the stable, and he doe* not eat, ..."