jayhawker

(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

Origin: < ?

See jayhawker in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  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.

Origin:

Origin: From jayhawk, a fictitious bird

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