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jay·hawk·er

 (jā′hô′kər)
n.
1. One of the free-soil guerrillas in Kansas and Missouri during the border disputes of 1854 to 1859.
2. A Unionist guerrilla.
3. Jayhawker Informal A native or resident of Kansas.

[From jayhawk, a fictitious bird.]
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Jay•hawk•er

(ˈdʒeɪˌhɔ kər)

n.
1. a native or inhabitant of Kansas (used as a nickname).
2. (sometimes l.c.) a plundering marauder, esp. one of the antislavery guerrillas in Kansas and Missouri before and during the Civil War.
[1855–60, Amer.; of uncertain orig.]
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