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Knick⋅er⋅bock⋅er

  [nik-er-bok-er]
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–noun
1. a descendant of the Dutch settlers of New York.
2. any New Yorker.
Origin:
1800–10, Americanism; generalized from Diedrich Knickerbocker, fictitious author of Washington Irving's History of New York
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Knick·er·bock·er   (nĭk'ər-bŏk'ər)   
n.  

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

    2. A native or inhabitant of New York.

  2. knickerbockers Full breeches gathered and banded just below the knee; knickers.


[After Diedrich Knickerbocker, fictitious author of History of New York by Washington Irving.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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knickerbocker 
"descendant of Du. settler of New York," 1831, from Diedrich Knickerbocker, the name under which Washington Irving published his popular "History of New York" (1809). The pen-name was borrowed from Irving's friend Herman Knickerbocker, and lit. means "toy marble-baker."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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