Definition of Tennessean

1. Noun. A native or resident of Tennessee.

Exact synonyms: Volunteer
Generic synonyms: American

Definition of Tennessean

1. Adjective. Of, or from, Tennessee. ¹

2. Noun. Someone from Tennessee. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tennessean

Templetonia
Templetonia retusa
Tempra
Temuco
Ten Commandments
Tenda
Tenebrae
Tenebrionidae
Tenebrist
Tenerife
Teng Hsiao-ping
Teng Hsiaoping
Tengmalm's owl
Tengmalm's owls
Tenn.
Tennessean (current term)
Tennesseans
Tennessee
Tennessee River
Tennessee Williams
Tennessee walker
Tennessee walking horse
Tennesseean
Tennesseeans
Tenniel
Tenno
Tennou
Tennyson
Tennysonian
Tenochca

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, ..."

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