New Yorkers (New York State)
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found: Labels for locals, 2006:(New York: New Yorkers; Knickerbocker is traditional but not a common everyday demonym)
found: NetState, viewed Apr. 24, 2015(New York: The State citizens: People who live in New York or who come from New York are called New Yorkers)
found: Merriam-Webster dictionary online, Feb. 17, 2022(knickerbocker noun 2. capitalized : a descendant of the early Dutch settlers of New York; broadly : a native or resident of the city or state of New York --used as a nickname)
found: What's a Knickerbocker?, via New York Knicks website, Feb. 17, 2022( The term "Knickerbockers" traces its origin to the Dutch settlers who came to the New World - and especially to what is now New York - in the 1600s. Specifically, it refers to the style of pants the settlers wore--pants that rolled up just below the knee, which became known as "Knickerbockers", or "knickers". In 1809, legendary author Washington Irving solidified the knickerbocker name in New York lore when he wrote the satiric A History of New York from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty under the pseudonym Diedrich Knickerbocker. Later known as Knickerbocker's History of New York, Irving's book introduced the word "knickerbocker" to signify a New Yorker who could trace his or her ancestry to the original Dutch settlers. With the publication of Irving's book, the Dutch settler "Knickerbocker" character became synonymous with New York City)
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2015-04-24: new
2022-04-25: revised
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