Shays

[sheyz]

Origin

noun

Daniel, 1747–1825, American Revolutionary War soldier: leader of a popular insurrection (Shays' Rebellion) in Massachusetts 1786–87.

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noun Chiefly Dialect.

a chaise.

Origin:
1710–20; respelling and back formation from chaise (taken as plural)

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Shays (ʃeɪz)

—n
	Daniel. ?1747--1825, American soldier and revolutionary leader of a rebellion of Massachusetts farmers against the US government (1786--87)

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shay

1717, back-formation from chaise (q.v.) mistaken as a plural.

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