English

Noun

Wolverine ‎(plural Wolverines)

1. A native or resident of the American state of Michigan.
   • 1846, Eliza Wood Farnham, Life in Prairie Land, page 63:

     [The term "Sucker" is] The cognomen of the Illinoians, answering to the Buckeye of Ohio, the Wolverine of Michigan, the Corn-cracker of Kentucky, &c.

2. Someone associated with the University of Michigan, for example as a student, alum, or sports team member, or as a fan.

Synonyms

• (native or resident of Michigan): Michigander

English

wolverine

Alternative forms

• wolverene

Noun

wolverine ‎(plural wolverines)

1. A solitary, fierce mammal of the Mustelidae family, Gulo gulo.
   • 1920, Peter B. Kyne, The Understanding Heart, Chapter IV

     “Wish I'd been more polite to that girl,” the sheriff remarked regretfully. “ I ain't had a bite to eat since four o'clock this morning, and I'm hungry as a wolverine. … I know she'd have give me another drink of that old moonshine she has.”

   1. A male wolverine, (a female wolverine being called an angeline).

Synonyms

• (animal): Gulo gulo, carcajou, skunk bear, glutton, quickhatch

geographic distribution of
wolverines

Translations

References

1. ↑ Robert K. Barnhart, ed., Chambers Dictionary of Etymology (Edinburgh: Chambers, 2008), 1242.

See also

• wolverine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Gulo gulo on Wikispecies.Wikispecies