KNICKERBOCKER


Meaning of KNICKERBOCKER in English

/nik"euhr bok'euhr/ , n.

1. a descendant of the Dutch settlers of New York.

2. any New Yorker.

[ 1800-10, Amer.; generalized from Diedrich Knickerbocker, fictitious author of Washington Irving's History of New York ]

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