Reverse Dictionary: NEW ENGLAND

ADJECTIVES
► NOVANGLIAN applying to New England → 1757 US

NOUNS
► DOWN EAST New England, esp. eastern Maine, and the Maritime provinces of Canada → 1817 Amer. dial.
► YANKEE the dialect of New England; loosely, American English generally → 1824
► YANKEE-LAND the land of Yankees, New England; loosely, the United States → 1803

NOUNS – PERSON
► CHOG a person from New England → 20C teen & high school sl.
► EEL a resident of New England → 1838 Amer. dial.
► LEAF PEEPER in New England: a tourist who comes to view autumn foliage → c1965 Amer. dial.
► NUTMEG a White New Englander, esp. of Connecticut, Massachusetts, or Rhode Island → 1821 sl.
► NUTMEG-MAKER a White New Englander, esp. of Connecticut, Massachusetts, or Rhode Island → 1883 sl.
► SNOW DIGGER a man from the New England states → Amer. World War I sl.
► YANK an American; orig. a New Englander or someone from the northern states of America → 1778 often derogatory
► YANKEE ► YANKEY ► YANKY a nickname for a native or inhabitant of New England; or, more widely, of the northern States generally; during the War of Secession applied by the Confederates to the soldiers of the Federal army → 1765 US