jayhawker


jay·hawk·er

J0023600 (jā′hô′kər)n.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.
[From jayhawk, a fictitious bird.]

Jay•hawk•er

(ˈdʒeɪˌhɔ kər)

n. 1. a native or inhabitant of Kansas (used as a nickname). 2. (sometimes l.c.) a plundering marauder, esp. one of the antislavery guerrillas in Kansas and Missouri before and during the Civil War. [1855–60, Amer.; of uncertain orig.]