holyokerとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

Holyoker (複数形 Holyokers)

1. A person who was born in or who lives in Holyoke, Massachusetts.
   • 1890 December 17, “Annual Parish Meetings”, in Springfield Republican, Springfield, Mass., 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.

2. A person who was born in or who lives in Holyoke, Colorado.

同意語

• Holyokian