Holyoker
English
Etymology
From Holyoke + -er.
Noun
Holyoker (plural Holyokers)
- A person who was born in or who lives in Holyoke, Massachusetts.
- 1890, “Annual Parish Meetings”, in Springfield Republican, Springfield, Mass., December 17, 1890, page 6:
- A party of Holyokers will take a bus ride to this city this evening and dine at some hotel.
- 1989, Tracy Kidder, Among Schoolchildren:
- The sort of Holyoker who wanted to speak respectfully of Efrain's origins, he noticed, would refer to him as Hispanic.
- 2007, Alan Snitow, Deborah Kaufman, Michael Fox, Thirst:
- Thirty-six-year-old Mark Lubold is an easygoing, fourth-generation Holyoker—his two young sons are the fifth generation—and he has an unshakable affinity for his hometown.
- 1890, “Annual Parish Meetings”, in Springfield Republican, Springfield, Mass., December 17, 1890, page 6:
- A person who was born in or who lives in Holyoke, Colorado.
Synonyms
- Holyokian