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Florida Cracker

Regional

Meaning
Florida: descendant of old Florida pioneer settlers.
Type
Regionalism
Used in
Florida

What does “Florida Cracker” mean

Historically refers to colonial-era English and American pioneer settlers in Spanish and British Florida and their descendants, particularly the cattle-driving frontier families. Today many native Floridians wear it as a badge of multi-generational identity.

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