valleyite

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

valley +‎ -ite

Noun[edit]

valleyite (plural valleyites)

  1. An inhabitant of a valley.
    • 2010, John B. Frantz, William Pencak, Beyond Philadelphia: The American Revolution in the Pennsylvania Hinterland, page 164:
      Although this stopped the descent of attackers into the more populated regions of the state, the valleyites probably did not fight and die near their forts for any such altruistic reasons.