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jay·hawk·er  (jhôkr)
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.]
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