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jayhawker definition

jay·hawker (jā′hôk′ər)

noun

  1. an abolitionist guerrilla of Missouri and Kansas in Civil War days
  2. a robber, raider, or plunderer
  3. Informal a person born or living in Kansas
    also Jayhawk Jay′·hawk′

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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