delaware

Noun

Synonyms: Delaware Delaware River Diamond State First State DE

WordNet 3.0

Noun (5)

a river that rises in the Catskills in southeastern New York and flows southward along the border of Pennsylvania with New York and New Jersey to northern Delaware where it empties into Delaware BaySynonyms: Delaware Delaware River
a member of an Algonquian people formerly living in New Jersey and New York and parts of Delaware and PennsylvaniaSynonyms: Delaware
one of the British colonies that formed the United StatesSynonyms: Delaware
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 coloniesSynonyms: Delaware Diamond State First State DE
the Algonquian language spoken by the DelawareSynonyms: Delaware

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Delaware \Del"a*ware\ (d[e^]l"[.a]*w[^a]r), n.

1.one of the thirteen original states of the United States of America. [PJC]

2.(Bot.) An American grape, with compact bunches of small, amber-colored berries, sweet and of a good flavor. [1913 Webster]

Delawares \Del"a*wares\ (d[e^]l"[.a]*w[^a]rz), n. pl.; sing. Delaware. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting the valley of the Delaware River, but now mostly located in the Indian Territory. [1913 Webster]