Knickerbocker

Etymology
From, the pseudonym adopted by for his 1809 , probably for the Knickerbackers of Schaghticoke, New York, descended from the Dutch immigrant Harmen Jansen van Bommel(l), who went variously by the names van Wy(y)e, van Wyekycback(e), Kinnekerbacker, Knickelbacker, Knickerbacker, Kinckerbacker, Nyckbacker, and Kynckbacker. The surname is of uncertain etymology, being variously explained as a corruption of Wyekycback, +, , or  + ,.

Noun

 * 1)  A New Yorker, particularly a scion of its old Dutch families
 * 2)  A player for the New York Knicks
 * 3)  A player for the New York Knickerbockers