Whats the official noun for a person from Massachusetts?

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thirstmaster10 asked:

A person from Florida is officially a Floridian, a person from from France is officially a Frenchman, a person from New York is officially a New Yorker.

What is a person from Massachusetts called?



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5 Responses to 'Whats the official noun for a person from Massachusetts?'

  1. Pri. - February 23rd, 2009 at 3:58 pm

    bostonian. duh.
    i’m from mass.

  2. boogity88jr - February 27th, 2009 at 2:46 am

    A Bay Stater

  3. silly 123 - February 28th, 2009 at 9:26 am

    A masshole…

    hehe jk

  4. the_madrussian - March 1st, 2009 at 5:38 pm

    These are called “demonyms”, or adjectival forms.

    The demonym of Massachusetts is actually “Bay Stater”.

  5. ghouly05 - March 4th, 2009 at 11:43 am

    Massachusettsian

    The English language uses several models to create demonyms. The most common is to add a suffix to the end of the location’s name, slightly modified in some instances. These may be modelled after Late Latin, Semitic or Germanic suffixes, such as …-ian (Brazil → Brazilian, Toronto → Torontonian, Paris → Parisian, Phoenix → Phoenician


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