Meaning of Pennamite | Babel Free

Definitions

A person from, or fond of, Pennsylvania.

archaic, historical

Examples

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

“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.”

“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.”

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