Vermontese

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noun

People from Vermont.

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Meanings

nounVermontese pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyPeople from Vermont.
proper noun
  1. The dialect spoken in Vermont.

    And yet it turns out that one vestige of Vermontese lingers, and, in fact, is spreading: the glottal-stopped t in words like "Vermon'" or "Mil'on," which is mysteriously increasing among young people.

    2015 November 22, Britt Peterson, “Why are young Vermon’ers dropping their t’s?”, in The Boston Globe

Origin

From Vermont + -ese.

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Cite this entry
APA

Vermontese. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Vermontese

MLA

“Vermontese.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Vermontese. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Vermontese,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Vermontese.

Source: Vermontese on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.