Missourian, n. and a.
(mɪs-, mɪˈzʊərɪən)
[f. prec. + -an.]
A. n. A native or inhabitant of the State of Missouri. B. adj. Of or belonging to, native or peculiar to, Missouri.
| 1820 Deb. Congress U.S. (1855) 26 Jan. 945, I cannot believe that I, or any other man or men, are better capable of governing Missourians than they are of governing themselves. 1862 Harper's Mag. Sept. 450/2 Teamsters, many of whom were young Missourians embarked for the first time upon a prairie trip. 1885 ‘Mark Twain’ in Century Mag. Dec. 201 The Masons gave us a Missouri country breakfast, in Missourian abundance. 1944 B. A. Botkin Treas. Amer. Folklore ii. 318 One of the harshest of these [sc. slang names] is Puke, for a Missourian. 1948 Mencken Amer. Lang. Suppl. II. vii. 173 D. S. Crumb..unearthed a great deal more that was specially Missourian, e.g...buckshot land, poor clay soil. 1957 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 258/2 About 1,700 armed Missourians invaded Kansas and stuffed the ballot boxes. 1973 R. Rosenblum Mushroom Cave (1974) 83 The junior diplomat, a glad-handing Missourian. |