Meaning

1 senses
  1. (US)A swing state.

Translations

1 languages

Origin

Compound of purple + state, modeled on blue state and red state. From purple being a blend

Compound of purple + state, modeled on blue state and red state. From purple being a blend of blue and red colors, where the color representing the Democratic Party of the United States is blue and that representing the Republican Party of the United States is red.

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Forms

plural: purple states
Singularpurple state
Pluralpurple states

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Word family

3 related words

See also

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