- an abolitionist guerrilla of Missouri and Kansas in Civil War days
- a robber, raider, or plunderer
- [J-]Informal a person born or living in Kansasalso Jay′hawk·
Origin of jayhawker
from uncertain or unknown; perhapsjayhawker
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jayhawker
noun
- One of the free-soil guerrillas in Kansas and Missouri during the border disputes of 1854 to 1859.
- A Unionist guerrilla.
- Jayhawker Informal A native or resident of Kansas.
Origin of jayhawker
From jayhawk a fictitious birdTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural jayhawkers)
- An abolitionist raider in the Kansas-Missouri border skirmishes during the American Civil War
- a robber or bandit
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