Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Used as a nickname for a native or resident of Indiana.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An inhabitant of the State of Indiana: a nickname: also used adjectively.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun U.S. A nickname given to an inhabitant of the State of Indiana.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A native or resident of the American state of Indiana.
  • noun An alumnus of Indiana University.
  • noun slang An uneducated, tasteless Caucasian person.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a native or resident of Indiana

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Origin unknown.]

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