Definition of Down easter

1. Noun. A native or resident of Maine.

Exact synonyms: Mainer
Generic synonyms: American
Derivative terms: Maine

Lexicographical Neighbors of Down Easter

Dover's powder
Dover's powders
Dovre
Dovyalis
Dovyalis caffra
Dovyalis hebecarpa
Dow
Dow-Jones Industrial Average
Dow Jones
Dowding
Dowe
Dowland
Down
Down's
Down Easter
Down syndrome
Downe
Downey cell
Downing
Downing Street
Downs' analysis
Dowson
Doxbridge
Doyere's eminence
Doyle's operation
Doylean
Doyne's honeycomb choroidopathy
Dr

Literary usage of Down easter

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1905)
"... a 'Down- Easter'— Arrival of US Dragoons — Camp Holmes, and the Road —A Visit from a Party of Comanches — Tabba-quena, a noted Chief — His extraordinary ..."

2. Commerce of the Prairies: During Eight Expeditions Across the Great Western by Josiah Gregg (1844)
"... the Creek Indian—The Muster and the Introduction—An ' Olla Podrida'—Adventure of a 'Down-Easter'—Arrival of US Dragoons—Camp Holmes, and the Road—A ..."

3. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"Down a pit (theatrical), desperately smitten wtth a part. Down-easter (West American), a' person from the east. .' % Au wooden-mugged down-easter" with ..."

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