FromArkansaw(older spelling ofArkansas) +‎-yer.^[1]

Arkansawyer (pluralArkansawyers)

1. (US) Anative orresident of thestate ofArkansas in theUnited States of America.
   • 2003 March 9, Roy Reed, "Another Guy From Arkansas" (Book review ofThe Best Lawyer in a One-Lawyer Town: A Memoir byDale Bumpers),New York Times(retrieved 25 Feb 2014):

     One opponent accused him of being "to the left of Hubert Humphrey," which was a hard thing to say about anArkansawyer in 1970.

   • 2007 Dec. 26, "Sizing up Arkansan vs.Arkansawyer,"The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (reposted atArkansas Online)(retrieved 25 Feb 2014):

     The words Arkansan,Arkansawyer and Arkie are in common use. Each term has its partisans and its detractors.

• Arkansan,Arkansasan,Arkansasian,Arkie

• “Arkansawyer”, inOneLook Dictionary Search.
• Discussion of the termsArkansan andArkansawyer by Arkansas Secretary of State Mark Martin,YouTube (posted Feb. 11, 2013)(retrieved 25 Feb 2014)

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