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[ hoo-zher ] / ˈhu ʒər /
nouna native or inhabitant of Indiana (used as a nickname). (usually lowercase) any awkward, unsophisticated person, especially a rustic. Origin of HoosierAn Americanism dating back to 1920–30; of uncertain origin OTHER WORDS FROM HoosierHoo·sier·dom, nounWords nearby Hoosierhoorah, hooray, Hooray Henry, Hoorn, hoosegow, Hoosier, Hoosier cabinet, Hoosier State, hoot, hootch, hootchinoo Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for HoosierOur legislators passed laws regarding consent and record keeping to ensure high standards of quality and care for Hoosier women. Indiana’s Crazy Administrative Abortion Demands Have Doctors Racking Up the Violations|Emily Shire|September 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST Indiana The Hoosier State is a bit like Tennessee, a deeply red state that will occasionally back Democrats. Swing States Sit Out Obamacare: What Four Holdouts Are Doing|David Freedlander|September 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST I have already mentioned the absence of pail and pare from the ancient Hoosier folk-speech. The Hoosier Schoolmaster|Edward Eggleston James Whitcomb Riley has chosen the homely Hoosier dialect as the clothing of the speaker in most of his monologues. Browning and the Dramatic Monologue|S. S. Curry
Nearly all the visitors seemed to be Americans, but neither the Yankee type nor the Hoosier was to be found. Suburban Sketches|William Dean Howells The history of his youth is set forth in full in "A Hoosier Holiday." A Book of Prefaces|H. L. Mencken There is no Spanish word that would give any suggestion of "hoosier." The Word Hoosier; John Finley|Jacob Piatt Dunn
British Dictionary definitions for Hoosier
nounUS a native or inhabitant of Indiana Word Origin for HoosierC19: origin unknown Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |