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volunteer state

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.27 in modern English

Syllables
vol-un-teer s-tate
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Official nickname for Tennessee: a state of the United States.

Etymology

Perhaps because of the prominent role of volunteer soldiers from Tennessee during the War of 1812; perhaps in reference to volunteers for the Mexican–American War.

Inflected Forms

the Volunteer State (canonical)

Questions

What does volunteer state mean?
Official nickname for Tennessee: a state of the United States.
Where does volunteer state come from?
Perhaps because of the prominent role of volunteer soldiers from Tennessee during the War of 1812; perhaps in reference to volunteers for the Mexican–American War.

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