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ˈupstate, adv., a., and n. orig. and chiefly U.S.
Also up-State, up State, etc.
A. adv.
1. In that part of a state which is (regarded as) higher than another, or is more remote from the chief centre. Freq. with reference to the State of New York.
1901in N. Amer. Rev. Feb. 162 American girls..imported from small towns up-State. 1938J. Daniels Southerner discovers South 247, I heard about it upstate. 1958Economist 8 Nov. 504/2 Confident..that he would do well in the city.., Mr Harriman had concentrated his efforts upstate. 1977New Yorker 5 Sept. 29/3 He was coming upstate Friday, and staying for the weekend. 1985Village Voice (N.Y.) 8 Jan. 3/1 At that time, the remaining six projects located upstate with 175 beds will be under construction.
2. U.S. slang. In prison.
1934T. Wilder Heaven's my Destination 23 You get the strait-jacket..upstate. 1977‘E. McBain’ Long Time no See xi. 177 She got married while I was upstate doing time.
B. adj. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, an area upstate; situated upstate, rural; also, designating part of a State remote (esp. north) from a large city, as upstate New York.
1901Daily Chron. 16 Sept. 3/7 All the up-State constituencies. 1904Collier's 16 July 16/1 The crews of the up-State college [Cornell]. 1935Amer. Speech X. 107 Pronunciation in upstate New York... Upstate speech has been studied..by three previous investigators. 1949Southern Weekly 16 Nov. 3/2 This is the figure with complete returns from Greater New York and 19 up-State districts missing. 1969Wall St. Jrnl. 30 Sept. 28/3 Five days at an upstate New York county fair. 1978J. Updike Coup vi. 219 Not a metropolis, but a small industrial city, of the type you call..upstate. 1983‘W. Haggard’ Heirloom i. 6 He had taken her back to up⁓State New York.
C. ellipt. or as n. An upstate region; a rural area.
1965Economist 23 Jan. 323/1 It was the Democrats from ‘upstate’ (outside the city) who swung behind Mr Kennedy at once. 1972Village Voice (N.Y.) 1 June 78/2 The Liberal Socialists, who came down every week from upstate for meetings. 1974Progress (Easley, S. Carolina) 24 Apr. ii. 8/4 Many of us in the upstate do not appreciate the value of the Tidelands..to our environment.
Hence ˈupstater, one who lives or comes from upstate.
1944E. A. Holton Yankees were like This xvii. 202 The Cape Codder and the Up-Stater are blood brothers with only the difference in the backdrops of sea or mountain. 1965Economist 23 Jan. 323/1 Now, around the figure of Senator Kennedy,..the upstaters have begun to develop some strength. 1975New Yorker 10 Feb. 106/3 In a move to put upstaters' minds at ease about one thing, Carey..assured them, ‘The capital of this state is not New York City or elsewhere.’ |