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| Brahmin |
a cultured, socially elite person, esp. a member of an upper-class New England family. [1/2 definitions] |
| dame school |
an informal school common to Colonial New England in which rudimentary educational and social skills were taught to children by a woman in her home. [1/2 definitions] |
| Down East |
(sometimes l.c.) New England, esp. the state of Maine. |
| General Court |
in colonial New England, a local assembly that had both legislative and judicial powers. [1/2 definitions] |
| NE2 |
abbreviation of "New England." [1/2 definitions] |
| New Hampshire |
a New England state between Vermont and Maine. (abbr.: NH) [1/2 definitions] |
| NH |
abbreviation of "New Hampshire," a New England state between Vermont and Maine. |
| Pequot |
a member of a former North American Indian people that lived in southern New England until conquered in 1637. [1/2 definitions] |
| piazza |
in New England, a porch or veranda. [1/2 definitions] |
| pilgrim |
(cap.) a Puritan colonist in seventeenth-century New England. [1/3 definitions] |
| Rhode Island |
a New England state on the Atlantic coast between Connecticut and Massachusetts. (abbr.: RI) |
| RI |
abbreviation of "Rhode Island," a New England state on the Atlantic coast between Connecticut and Massachusetts. |
| selectman |
in many New England towns, one of several elected local public officials. |
| town meeting |
a public meeting, open to all town voters acting as a legislative body, as in New England. [1/2 definitions] |
| Vermont |
a U.S. state in New England between New Hampshire and New York. (abbr.: VT) |
| VT |
abbreviation of "Vermont," a U.S. state in New England between New Hampshire and New York. |
| Yankee |
a native or resident of New England. [1/3 definitions] |
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