noun plural
Usage: usually capitalized B&H&C
Etymology: probably from a nickname for a Delaware regiment in the Revolutionary War, known earlier as Caldwell's gamecocks, from blue hen, a kind of hen reputed to breed good gamecocks
: delawareans
noun plural
Usage: usually capitalized B&H&C
Etymology: probably from a nickname for a Delaware regiment in the Revolutionary War, known earlier as Caldwell's gamecocks, from blue hen, a kind of hen reputed to breed good gamecocks
: delawareans
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012