Meanings
plural Arkansawyers
- USA native or resident of the state of Arkansas in the United States of America.
The words Arkansan, Arkansawyer and Arkie are in common use. Each term has its partisans and its detractors.
2007 Dec. 26, "Sizing up Arkansan vs. Arkansawyer," The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (reposted at Arkansas Online) (retrieved 25 Feb 2014)1 more example
One opponent accused him of being "to the left of Hubert Humphrey," which was a hard thing to say about an Arkansawyer in 1970.
2003 March 9, Roy Reed, "Another Guy From Arkansas" (Book review of The Best Lawyer in a One-Lawyer Town: A Memoir by Dale Bumpers), New York Times (retrieved 25 Feb 2014)Synonyms: Arkansan, Arkansasan, Arkansasian, Arkie
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA native or resident of the state of Arkansas in the United States of America.
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Origin
From Arkansaw (older spelling of Arkansas) + -yer.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
Arkansawyer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Arkansawyer
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