Hoosier
noun
Hoo·sier ˈhü-zhər 
: a native or resident of Indiana —used as a nickname
Hoosier adjective
Word History
Etymology
perhaps alteration of English dialect hoozer anything large of its kind
First Known Use
1826, in the meaning defined above
- straiten
- straitened
- straitening
- straitens
- straiter
- straitest
- straiting
- straitjacket
- straitjacketed
- straitjacketing
- straitjackets
- straitlace
- straitlaced
- straitlacedly
- straitlacedness
- straitlacednesses
- straitly
- straitness
- straitnesses
- straits
- Straits dollar
- Straits Settlements
- Straits tin
- straitsman
- straitsmen