Michigander

Michigander
/mish'i gan"deuhr/, n.
a native or inhabitant of Michigan. Also called Michiganite /mish"i geuh nuyt'/.
[1825-35, Amer.; b. MICHIGAN and GANDER, name first applied to Lewis Cass, governor of the Michigan Territory (1813-31)]

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