hoosier

plural hoosiers

1. alternativeAlternative form of Hoosier.

plural Hoosiers · alternative hoosier

1. A native or resident of the U.S. state of Indiana.

   Indiana’s Borderlanders called themselves Hoosiers, came from the backcountry of Kentucky and western Virginia, and were ambivalent about slavery.

   2011, Colin Woodard, chapter 16, in American nations, New York: Penguin, →ISBN

   Synonyms: Indianan

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. slangSt. Louis; Missouri; formerly Southern US; St. Louis; Missouri; formerly Southern USAn uneducated, tasteless, boorish white person.

   Near-synonym: (Canada) hoser

   2 more examples

   "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, →ISBN

   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

   Synonyms: white trash, hoser

4. UShistoricalA kind of cupboard or dresser with shelves, drawers, etc.; a kitchenet.

comparative more Hoosier · superlative most Hoosier · alternative hoosier

1. Characteristic of or pertaining to the American state of Indiana.

   That's not very Hoosier, is it?

   2009, Alden Studebaker, Hoosieritis: The Contagious Condition That Is Indiana, page 51

   2 more examples

   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

   “Somehow the tradition doesn't seem very Hoosier.”

   2009, Alexander Lawrence, Blest Be the Tie, book 1

   Synonyms: Indianan