Definition of "Hoosier"

Hoosier

/ˈhuʒɚ/

noun
plural Hoosiers
1. A native or resident of the U.S. state of Indiana.
2. Someone associated with Indiana University, for example as a student, alum, or sports team member, or as a fan. This is also the university's sports mascot.
3. (slang, St. Louis, Missouri) An uneducated, tasteless white person.
  Quotations
  "The mall? Belinda, mall pickups are for hoosiers," I say, St. Louis slang for white trash. "With femullets." [...] "But Jake's no hoosier."
  2014, Emily Giffin, The Emily Giffin Collection: Volume 2: Baby Proof
  Taken as a whole, the article portrayed Ray as an indigent, racist “Hoosier” (St. Louis slang for redneck) with an inept, habitual tendency to commit petty crimes.
  2015, Pate McMichael, Klandestine: How a Klan Lawyer and a Checkbook Journalist ..., page 2
4. (US, historical) A kind of cupboard or dresser with shelves, drawers, etc.; a kitchenet.
adjective
not comparable
1. Characteristic of or pertaining to the American state of Indiana.
  Quotations
  Less well known but perhaps even more interesting than Stephenson is Court Asher, the second "gentleman" from Indiana. Asher is a more convincing bigot than Stephenson, one more homegrown and more Hoosier than the puffed-up grand dragon, […]
  1947, John Bartlow Martin, Indiana: An Interpretation, page xi
  That's not very Hoosier, is it?
  2009, Alden Studebaker, Hoosieritis: The Contagious Condition That Is Indiana, page 51
  “Somehow the tradition doesn't seem very Hoosier.”
  2009, Alexander Lawrence, Blest Be the Tie, book 1

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