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▪ I. Jerseyman, n.1 Now rare.|ˈdʒɜːzɪmən|
A native or inhabitant of New Jersey, U.S.A.
1679Rec. Early Hist. Boston (1881) VII. 58 Thomas Begretia [entertained] at James Wardens, Jersiman. 1839Southern Lit. Messenger V. 800/2 A Jerseyman is pre-eminently calculated to make a good traveller. 1873C. G. Leland Egypt. Sk.-Bk. 45 The last number of the Anglo-American contains the names of half-a-dozen as veritable Jerseymen as ever drank apple-jack. 1878Harper's Mag. 318/2 ‘Pretty hard times,’ said the Jersey⁓man; ‘but I want three hundred dollars in cash.’ 1949Hist. & Philos. Soc. Ohio Bull. Apr. 74 They were especially obnoxious to the Pennsylvanians and Jerseymen.
▪ II. Jerseyman, n.2|ˈdʒɜːzɪmən|
A native or inhabitant of Jersey (one of the Channel Islands).
1825J. C. Loudon Encycl. Agric. 1129/2 The treasure highest in a Jersey-man's estimation, is his cow. 1842Guide to Island of Jersey x. 144 There is an independence of character in a Jerseyman. 1973A. Grey Some put their Trust in Chariots v. 23 Jerseymen turn every statement into a question with that little word ‘Ay?’ |