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Green Mountain boy en · NOUN
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A member of the Vermont National Guard.
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(historical) A member of a militia organization established in 1770 in the territory between the British provinces of New York and New Hampshire, instrumental in resisting New York's attempts to control the territory.
H. G. was here lately, preaching political truths to the Green Mountain boys.
1849 December, C. D. Stuart, Esq., “Rambledom: in Four Chapters. Chapter First”, in The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, volume 34, number 6, New York: Samuel Hueston, page 490:
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