Sentence:  He had to keep his mutually jealous Hampshire and Berkshire supporters in reasonable alignment, had to fight the county patriotism of the <WSD>Hampshirites</WSD> and their desire to give the palm to a native son, and had to counteract the foul rumor spread by a Deerfield minister that he was a Deist. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Someone from New Hampshire, USA.