Hoosier
[hoo-zher] /ˈhu ʒər/
noun
1.
a native or inhabitant of Indiana (used as a nickname).
2.
(usually lowercase) any awkward, unsophisticated person, especially a rustic.
/ˈhuːʒɪə/
noun
1.
(US) a native or inhabitant of Indiana
“native or resident of Indiana,” by c.1830, American English, of unknown origin; fanciful explanations were printed in 1830s newspapers. Said to have been first printed Jan. 1, 1833, in the “Indianapolis Journal,” in a poem, “The Hoosiers Nest,” by John Finely, which poem was said to have been written in 1830 [“The Word Hoosier,” “Indiana Historical Society Publications,” vol. IV, No. 2, 1907], and to have been in oral use from late 1820s. Seemingly it originated among Ohio River boatmen; perhaps related to English dialectal (Cumberland) hoozer, used of anything unusually large [Barnhart]. For other theories, see the above quoted source.
noun
[origin uncertain; perhaps related to southern Appalachian hoozer, ”anything unusually large, humdinger”]
noun
A native or resident of Indiana (1826+)
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