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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

Jay•hawk•er n.

Place Namesa native or inhabitant of Kansas (used as a nickname).
American History(sometimes l.c.) a plundering marauder, esp. one of the antislavery guerrillas in Kansas, Missouri, and other border states before and during the Civil War.

of uncertain origin, originally 1855–60, American.

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