Nutmegger

noun

-gə(r)

variants or less commonly Nutmeg

plural Nutmeggers also Nutmegs

: a native or resident of Connecticut

—used as a nickname

Word History

Etymology

nutmeg short for wooden nutmeg; from the notion that wooden or imitation nutmegs came from Connecticut and were examples of Yankee inventiveness; nutmegger from Nutmeg State, nickname of the state of Connecticut (from the phrase wooden nutmeg state) + English -er

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